Example sentences of "n't [adv] [been] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And nor would I , ’ she said slowly , ‘ if you had n't all been so kind . ’ |
2 | But it has n't always been so welcoming . |
3 | The place here has n't always been so welcoming , believe me . |
4 | Life has n't always been so dull for Elaine : she has managed , in the past , to survive the same upheavals as many able-bodied people . |
5 | Lady Thatcher has n't always been so welcome in the hallowed halls , eight years ago she was refused an honorary doctorate by Oxford University as a protest against her attitude to education . |
6 | The humble raisin has been around for at least 2,000 years , but it has n't always been very popular — particularly in the US where novelty is all when it comes to food . |
7 | She 's very good to us , her elderly parents , even though I have n't always been as good a father as I should have been . |
8 | ‘ They have n't always been as poor as they are now , ’ asserted George , beginning to his surprise to feel the stirrings of loyalty or pity for the Dersinghams . |
9 | Severb Trent is paying for the excavation , but developers have n't always been that considerate . |