Example sentences of "n't be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , they left here erm about half past eight , twenty to nine and they got to about half way they had n't been gone twenty minutes and I thought , oh she 's left her photographs , she had to get four passport photographs and she 'd left them here and I thought we 'd send them , send them to her and she did n't like them you see , but she 'd have them . |
| 2 | They still have n't been regraded five years later . |
| 3 | Yeah and guess who has n't been fed either ! |
| 4 | Both were , could n't been asked any more of . |
| 5 | If only my little brother had n't been born dead , she thought . |
| 6 | At least it might have done if its launch had n't been followed two days later by the scandalous sentencing of drink-driver Christopher Hart . |
| 7 | I I that has n't been made clear and erm you you then end up with getting down to the nitty gritty is this an application you advertise under the new procedures for ad advertising departures from the development plan ? |
| 8 | At least Jaq and the others had n't been stripped naked . |
| 9 | The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud … |
| 10 | The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud … |
| 11 | Let's hope Matthew has n't been given any of those battery-operated toys which make irritating noises and Vicky does n't mangle everything . ’ |
| 12 | And then they had all hooted with laughter and teased him mercilessly when they 'd arrived , because she had n't been seen all evening and they knew he was deeply disappointed . |
| 13 | Now Brian when we talk about expansion we do not mean capacity that has n't been provided that is not currently in , we accept the expansion has been already occurred in the South East of the |
| 14 | I have n't been told that . |
| 15 | I have n't been told that , but |
| 16 | Yet he had n't been told this highly relevant fact . |
| 17 | But the man at the front had n't been told this of course , naturally enough and he could n't see that so suddenly with a jolt the wardrobe left him , two steps ' worth instead of one at a time . |
| 18 | ‘ That lady has n't been reported missing , and she is definitely fully adult . |
| 19 | The parents had n't been offered any sort of advice or counselling ; they had all received a letter from Paul Lee inviting them to come and talk to his department , but no one had offered them any information about their children ; if they wanted that they had to ring up the department and ask for it . |
| 20 | If that was all there was to it , we could be pardoned some uneasiness ; we might feel that we have n't been shown much reason for supposing that there are any sentences such that all who understand them will agree on their truth-value no matter what the circumstances . |
| 21 | If you have n't been informed three months before your birthday , write to them . |
| 22 | Anyway , I have n't been left stranded . |
| 23 | RICHARD DUNWOODY has confirmed that he will ride Wo n't Be Gone Long in the Martell Grand National next Saturday . |
| 24 | It should n't be made legal ? |
| 25 | So he has an interesting idea that we can set up democratic procedures to protect the minority within those procedures so that tyranny of the majority is something that afflicts only certain types of democracies , but if we have other types of democracies then we can protect the minority and the idea for proportional representation is often claimed in this light , but actually it does n't work as an idea , because although it allows a minority to be represented , represented is a different from being protected and so even if there 's a member of parliament with the one member of parliament with your unpopular views , that does n't mean that your unpopular views wo n't be made illegal say , because the fact that there 's one member of parliament wo n't mean that |
| 26 | ‘ I wo n't be made mock of . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Kavanagh said the steak was n't great but that the lamb was good , ’ Maggie added but Moran was already on his way out again , muttering that not even simple things were made clear in this house and if simple things could n't be made clear how was a person ever to get from one day to the next in this world . |
| 28 | They should n't be worn all day long because they do n't provide the support young feet need . |
| 29 | He ca n't , he ca n't be treated much , much worse , he 's not even guilty of anything except good . |
| 30 | Some people feel it 's not an appropriate use of the cash , that Gay and Lesbian art should n't be given such a high profile . |