Example sentences of "they have not [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And we found that about twenty two percent of the er , sheep being entered , had been dipped within the period , so in other words they 'd not been withheld , so it 's a concern .
2 Then make sure you know which they are and check them to see they have not been removed or weakened .
3 They 've not been tested solely on that , but it 's on the question .
4 Cos they 've not been trained yet .
5 Er but er they 've not been studied a great deal by
6 Yeah they 've not been worn have they ?
7 But the books we 've got should be , if they 've not been moved , up on Row V , shelf sixty-nine .
8 The folk at Fanmore gave them a good fight last week , and drove them off with five men dead , and they 've not been seen since .
9 Dr Richard Allan , establishment director , said : ‘ They 've not been allowed any alcohol .
10 They 've not been allowed any breakfast . ’
11 They 've not been making money for years though
12 The parents say they 've not been told anything official by the Faithful Foundation .
13 As it happens no , they 've not been washed .
14 Originally most had been placed satisfactorily but they had not been followed up and had drifted away two or three years later as circumstances changed .
15 Tsu Ma 's eyes had never left Li Shai Tung 's face , yet they had not been seeing him .
16 Some of the children in our study felt desperately disappointed that they had not been adopted , and yet they did have a home which would continue to be available to them in their adult life and had found a kind of loving , though perhaps not the all-accepting , all-loving parent of their dreams .
17 But the German church now supported the rival Alexander , as they had not been consulted over the appointment of Paschal .
18 They had not been consulted and they knew that they would be caught in the middle if , as for a time seemed probable , there should be violent local protests .
19 Paul Mba Abessole , a prominent opposition figure and leader of a faction of the main opposition group , the National Rectification Movement ( Morena ) , refused to accept a Cabinet post , as did some other opposition politicians , on the grounds that they had not been consulted on the composition of the new government , which included a number of ministers from the outgoing Cabinet .
20 The directors , who claimed they had not been consulted properly about the scheme , agreed to continue to run their buses to the estate for a trial period when the humps are introduced .
21 In the noble eloquence of his plea for conciliation with the colonists , Burke , who based his case on the proposition that they had not been represented at Westminster , drew a strange and illogical conclusion .
22 And no , they had not been expecting to see her that weekend , though with Giles away she had said she might come on the Sunday .
23 It was obvious from the way the staring eyes blinked , both Pairs together , that they had not been expecting an answer .
24 They had not been given details of the legislation and so were unable to counter opposition scaremongering .
25 The drivers sought a declaration that the ban was invalid arguing , inter alia , that the ban was in breach of natural justice , since they had not been given an opportunity to make representations before the ban was imposed .
26 The position was however different as regards A and the company , for they had not been charged , and in the view of the deputy judge were in no better or worse position than any other potential witness from whom information and documents were sought for the purpose of securing compliance with or detecting evasion of the Act .
27 Yet the large majority of our teenagers said they had not been taught the practical realities of avoiding AIDS until they were at least 15 .
28 About three-quarters of pupils in the lowest third knew how many days there are in certain months , although a number of pupils when interviewed said they had not been taught by their parents or at school any way of remembering the number of days in the months .
29 They had not been asked about materials because a layman 's opinion , or even a manufacturer 's label , was not reliable .
30 They had not been asked to sit down and indeed there was nowhere for them to do so .
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