Example sentences of "not been in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current interest in problem solving arises from the recognition that : • problem solving is a common everyday phenomenon • problem solving can be taught and learned ( and has not been in the past ) • problem-solving skills are applicable in most fields • problem solving can be fun . |
| 2 | Welfare provision , too , can be higher in the capitalist West than in the socialist East , as the two Germanies illustrate ; and the migration of the poor across the Iron Curtain , as many remarked , has not been in the direction of socialism . |
| 3 | Sickened by the endemic one-upmanship of a political system founded on resistance nomenklatura ( Pompidou was one of the few politicians who had not been in the resistance ) , he spoke of the need to look to the future and forget the time when ‘ Frenchmen did not love one another . ’ |
| 4 | But the facts were that most Frenchmen had not been in the Resistance and that the Resistance itself was divided into different groups . |
| 5 | in green and black and silver , the emeralds of Manjiku burst like stars in the bubbles on her limbs , and she 's amazed they 're so beautiful , for she 's not been in the water at night before . |
| 6 | It 's not been in the water long enough to corrode . |
| 7 | He also contradicted Mrs Mandela 's alibi by saying she had not been in the Orange Free State on the day Stompie and three other youths were assaulted at her Soweto house . |
| 8 | Interestingly , the place where this question has been raised most insistently has not been in the GATT or in Brussels , but in the American courts . |
| 9 | The count upon which he was acquitted , that he had allegedly bought crack cocaine from a Washington dealer on Sept. 7 , was refuted by defence witnesses who testified that the mayor had not been in the vicinity of the alleged transaction on the day in question . |
| 10 | Finally , some teachers did not return the questionnaire because they had not been in the school at the time of the review and felt that their knowledge of SSE as a general notion was too limited even to enable them to complete the section on general attitudes . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've not been in the country long . |
| 12 | It has not been in the hobby quite that long , but has , I estimate , been around for well over 30 years , and was probably the first Apisto to be kept in captivity . |
| 13 | Very like its living counterpart still , because it had not been in the river very long . |
| 14 | Camillo had not been in the attic for months and perhaps for years . |
| 15 | Indeed , had Fei Yen not been in the boat , he would have allowed himself to concede that Wu Tsai was herself quite beautiful . |
| 16 | I have not been in the House of Lords very long , so on the heritage front , I have n't had the opportunity to do a great deal yet . |
| 17 | To be fair on the woman , he thought , had her daughter not been in the house then the mother … despite her rather theatrical tendency to clasp at her side … |
| 18 | So , I had not been in the house an hour when he sent three of the Six to me . |
| 19 | I have not been in the House as long as the hon. Gentleman and I defer to his experience . |
| 20 | The same applies to Eckhard Pfeiffer , who has certainly turned Compaq Computer Corp around for the time being , but has not been in the job long enough to demonstrate proven staying power . |
| 21 | He considered his notes ; what he needed from this interview was to confirm that Angela Morgan had not been in the office on Saturday , and a statement of Peter Yeo 's movements over the period within which Angela Morgan had probably been killed . |
| 22 | He had not been in the forest since Boz 's wedding . |
| 23 | I 've not been in the situation ‘ Little Thing ’ describes , but everyone 's gon na assume I have . |
| 24 | If they had not been in the habit of seeing each other so often , at least once a week and sometimes more , talking on the phone every day , that appalling suggestion might have driven a bolt through their friendship , eventually destroying it . |
| 25 | His family , it seemed , had not been in the habit of exchanging presents , almost inconceivably to Nenna , whose childhood had been gift-ridden , with much atonement , love and reconciliation conveyed in the bright wrappings . |
| 26 | In fact , he had not been in the room when they were taken . |
| 27 | But of course I 've not been in the market you , you know . |
| 28 | This part had not been in the script . |
| 29 | My Spurs mate has not been in the Railway Tavern , but has agreed to try it out . |
| 30 | Although you have not been in the manager 's seat very long , you have done nothing to alter my original opinion that your appointment makes about as much sense as the Charge of the Light Brigade . |