Example sentences of "[verb] n't [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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31 | But this kind of razamatazz has n't been necessary for the XJ220 . |
32 | There has n't been many now . |
33 | Ms Mackenzie first approached the Environmental Committee last May , but so far the result has n't been encouraging . |
34 | Like I was saying to one of the men in the section who has n't been that co-operative , like , I 'm only here for a year and you all know more than I will ever know about policing . |
35 | Bardsley put his teacup down and said in a melancholy voice , ‘ I was thinking of taking him into partnership , but business has n't been that good lately . |
36 | We had erm no we we actually had done that we have given questionnaires out as programmes we actually asked people to I mean it 'll be interest to see how many people fill it in this evening but there is a built in resistance by some people to actually fill in any sort of questionnaire er and in the past when we 've actually done that I think the response 's has n't been that that brilliant . |
37 | Our luck has n't been that hot so far . |
38 | But the year has n't been all doom and gloom . |
39 | As any mother will tell you , it has n't been one jot less exhausting and emotionally draining to live with a morose , depressed , melodramatic , self-obsessed exam-taker this year than any other year . |
40 | ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice . |
41 | I 've taken eight antidepressants over the last ten years , Prozac has n't been one of them I must admit . |
42 | . There has n't been one game we 've been there that he has n't or both of them have n't . |
43 | She has n't been one of the harvesters , she 's been but a gleaner , but God has provided for her . |
44 | We 've got certain rules that say all children must sit certain exams at certain times , it has n't been possible to do it in the labs |
45 | No you did n't , you said you wanted it as soon as possible , and so far , I 'm afraid , it just has n't been possible . |
46 | No you did n't , you just said you wanted it as soon as possible , and so far I 'm afraid it just has n't been possible . |
47 | Mr Hogan has n't been used to driving in the city traffic of recent years , and I had planned to go to Dublin to collect the samples of material . |
48 | His behaviour has n't been odd and speaking to his cell mate this morning it seems that he did n't speak to very many people either . |
49 | It has n't been much of a week for my wife either ; she now sees little prospect of winning back even a beefburger space in the deep freeze . |
50 | 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 . |
51 | 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 . |
52 | But there has n't been much call |
53 | It 's stayed around about the eight just over eight percent , there has n't , there has n't been much movement . |
54 | There has n't been much to laugh about since . |
55 | 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 . |
56 | I have experience of this class of case over a period of more than fifty years and it has n't been uncommon in the past even in the days when judges took a more rigorous view than they cline er inclined to do nowadays not to punish er in any with a custodial |
57 | ‘ Ah , yes — you see , it has n't been such a-long walk after all , ’ said Lady Selvedge . |
58 | But when you consider today 's high prices , should we have to pay more — especially when the service has n't been good ? |
59 | This has n't been good coming here — no , no good . |
60 | My scoring output since I left Leicester has n't been good — but after that goal against Liverpool maybe I can start improving . ’ |