Example sentences of "n't been [det] " in BNC.

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31 There has n't been much personal satisfaction for Neil Fairbrother during a Lancashire campaign bedevilled by injuries and under-achievement , but what more efficacious balm for his troubles than a century in the Roses match at Headingley .
32 There has n't been much opportunity to do anything new , but there is a painting which will be the final work in the catalogue and which I have yet to complete .
33 But there has n't been much call
34 It had n't been much of a picture for dreaming on .
35 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 .
36 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 .
37 It 's stayed around about the eight just over eight percent , there has n't , there has n't been much movement .
38 There has n't been much to laugh about since .
39 There has n't been much movement in the way of players this season , but two Senior One teams — Lisnagarvey and Mossley — have new coaches .
40 Now he thought about it , Ted Mosse had n't been much of a talker .
41 And it had n't been some unknown island wine with mystical aphrodisiac properties , had it ?
42 One fan said : ‘ I have n't been this wet since Pavarotti in the Park and at least the burgers were cheaper there . ’
43 Fairfax has n't been this way for twenty years .
44 Eh , I have n't been this week .
45 Happily , there has n't been any problem with the pernicious perennial weeds I find elsewhere in the garden , such as the deep-rooting bindweed and ground elder .
46 After 2 weeks , she reported back there had n't been any improvement but it turned out that she had bought herself some Arg Nit tablets as she did n't like the taste of the alcoholic water the LM was made up in !
47 The war situation has also had an influence in the deterioration of education because there are places — especially in the rural areas — where there has n't been any normality in schools for years .
48 Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off .
49 There had n't been any time to find a new skivvy , and a skivvy was vital if the evening was to be a success .
50 There had n't been any cracks .
51 ‘ Well , there has n't been any question of it up till now .
52 Shaun should move to Milton Keynes — there have n't been any drugs here for ages .
53 Ehm is a it is n't actually a a erm a new school it 's Birchwood High School it used to be Margaret Dane which has been established a few years but Birchwood just been started for a year erm it has is some information but obviously there have n't been any feedback from the school so I starts there .
54 Our control should be extended to the country and a tripartite commission exists to reform the Labour Code , but it was set up three years ago , and so far there have n't been any results .
55 There have n't been any other erm any other areas er , of complaint with er
56 ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour .
57 I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be .
58 There was no doubt in his mind that they would break in , since there had n't been any failed revolutions on the island during his time .
59 ‘ He 'd have killed her if there had n't been any blood .
60 There have n't been any here for years and years . ’
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