Example sentences of "but he [vb past] not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Odin was all-wise — but he had not been born so ; he had drunk at the fountain of Mimir and had had to pledge an eye . |
| 2 | He had been appalled , as had the rest of the court , at the emaciation of the four ambassadors sent them by the city , but he had not been surprised . |
| 3 | He had won in the maiden class , for those who have yet to win a prize , in 1975 , but he had not been successful since moving into the growers ' section . |
| 4 | He was aware of this and in principle disliked it , attempting when he first set up in private practice , to resist it , but he had not been able to . |
| 5 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
| 6 | He had wanted to wrap his arms about his body for warmth , but he had not been able to move , and his vision had been blurred . |
| 7 | But he had not been in and the note was as she had left it . |
| 8 | But he had not been able to show anyone , yet , that he was anything but what his father now was : a rich man who did what he liked because he was King and everyone was polite to him . |
| 9 | He was still , tensed and alert on the sidling , startled horse ; but he had not been startled . |
| 10 | But he had n't been at the PCC because of recovering , still , from the flu . |
| 11 | Peter was a poor salesman , but he had n't been at DPR quite long enough yet to get sacked . |
| 12 | He had farmed the child out , of course , but he had n't been able to quell the fear that somehow she might intrude upon his future . |
| 13 | He had been over twenty before he had even found out about it but he had n't been old enough to dare ask his grandmother how it had been and how she had felt and what they had talked about . |
| 14 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
| 15 | But he had n't been nude . |
| 16 | He did n't love her , of course , not that she expected him to , but he had n't been backward in the lovemaking department , had he ? |
| 17 | But he had n't been out in the |
| 18 | It was n't far from where he lived , just a stop further on the tube , but he 'd not been to the area before . |