Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [verb] n't [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Mum had n't been able to persuade him to stay , though she was worried about his cough . |
| 2 | I swear his nose had n't been broken when I first stepped into the car ! |
| 3 | His name had n't been mentioned in the Stevens household for a very long time and Rachel assumed that they all thought he was still abroad . |
| 4 | She had n't mentioned David Markham but his presence had hung between them like a spectre and his name had n't been mentioned since . |
| 5 | His behaviour has n't been odd and speaking to his cell mate this morning it seems that he did n't speak to very many people either . |
| 6 | Especially of interest was the fact that one of the two men clearly experiencing difficulty with section ( c ) on the examination paper , Howard Brown ( Morse wondered why his wife had n't been willing to cover for him ) , had filled in section ( e ) with the correct date of arrival , 27 October ; or , to be more precise about the matter , ‘ 2 October ’ . |
| 7 | If his father had n't been so bloody-minded and had let him use the family car , he would no doubt have gone down alone and come back next day , having called on some estate agent in Hadleigh or Sudbury and asked them to sell the house for him , the very one probably that he had gone to in the following year . |
| 8 | His father has n't been here for years . |
| 9 | Mother asked me to call him , but he was n't in his room and his bed had n't been slept in . ’ |
| 10 | His bed has n't been slept in . " |
| 11 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
| 12 | So OK , he 'd probably never have married her if his hand had n't been forced , or at least not so quickly , but did n't some of his behaviour indicate that perhaps he was n't quite so averse to the situation as he pretended ? |
| 13 | Jerking her head up , Polly stared at him , not quite certain how to react , for his tone had n't been one of admiration , but more a reluctant acknowledgement . |
| 14 | He was later cleared by an appeal court , but his passport has n't been returned . |
| 15 | Surely the old Frenchman and his family have n't been killed ! |