Example sentences of "had n't [been] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he had n't been sure of her after all … |
| 2 | I had n't been involved in the organization and knew very little about what was going to happen . |
| 3 | It had n't been much of a picture for dreaming on . |
| 4 | It had n't been much of a job after all ; he had thought at first from the sound of it that it might mean travel , but it did n't . |
| 5 | Now he thought about it , Ted Mosse had n't been much of a talker . |
| 6 | I and I took to Connor 's Quay as a sailing ship and I and then of course I had n't been much in sailing ships . |
| 7 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 8 | and wild beyond er , that one boy who was and had n't been used to that sort of thing , for his father had kept a small cook stock his companion that unless he has another basin of gruel he was afraid he might , he might some night happen to eat , eat the boy he slept next to , who happened to be a weakly youth of tender eight and they , and they impeccably believed him . |
| 9 | Roy , who was about four and had n't been used to drinking out of a glass , took a bite at his and broke a chunk out of it . |
| 10 | She had n't been strong on words . |
| 11 | If she had n't been due at her craft class at eleven that morning she would have called back later , but as that was n't possible she 'd phone . |
| 12 | What I mean is , that what I have to say to you , I would n't say if you had n't been one of the family . |
| 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 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 15 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 16 | He was quiet , waiting for Shelley to talk , and she began to feel sorry because she had n't been impressed by his offer of a swish night out . |
| 17 | I had n't been tongue-tied in Switzerland , with Masha , Rozanov pointed out . |
| 18 | Charlie had stopped by to speak to Josie as he 'd said he would , but Lucy had n't been present at the time . |
| 19 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 20 | It had n't been easy at first ; he was n't her father and all she remembered of her own father was blows and shouting . |
| 21 | Maybe she had achieved her present position because she was a woman breaking into a man 's world , but she would n't have survived or been so successful if she had n't been good at her job . |
| 22 | If you had n't been consistent in laying them out like this , then you ca n't so quite confidently go round , go round erasing large chunks of the spreadsheet . |
| 23 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
| 24 | It had n't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife 's nagging to give the girl a break . |
| 25 | She had n't been frightened until then but the high panic in his voice infected her . |
| 26 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
| 27 | God you can tell that had n't been open for a while ! |
| 28 | Similarly , if you had n't been lucky in the market , one lucky bet could send you home the richer by a season 's takings , if you could spot an outsider . |
| 29 | She had n't been privy to the goings on at the opposite end of the table , but she had a distinct , almost tactile memory of the girl fleeing , the usual calm repose of her features fractured . |
| 30 | Viking justice had n't been renowned for its leniency , she recollected . |