Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] n't been " in BNC.
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| 61 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 62 | ‘ Mother said she thought you have n't been looking too good lately — a bit peaky . ’ |
| 63 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 64 | 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 . |
| 65 | Come the next time that sector is needed — assuming it has n't been discarded to make way for more recent data — it 's pulled straight out of RAM rather than through the comparatively slow disk system . |
| 66 | Nah , I bet he has n't been working . |
| 67 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |
| 68 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 69 | There 's an oil stain beneath it , but I bet it has n't been on since last February . |
| 70 | dog you see , but er you can tell it has n't been that tough a winter because there 's still |
| 71 | ‘ Do n't think it has n't been interesting . ’ |
| 72 | As I said in Silvio 's office , do n't think it has n't been interesting , because — ’ |
| 73 | At least he was n't going to pretend he had n't been talking to her . |
| 74 | ‘ North , ’ Feargal said laconically , proving he had n't been entirely engrossed in his paper . |
| 75 | I mean he has n't been in the shop once this week . |
| 76 | He realized he had n't been anywhere , that it had been a trick they played on him to see if he spoke German . |
| 77 | The fifty thousand well I if they do they have n't been able to what what we intend to do . |
| 78 | Well if Will has n't got his it means they have n't been issued . |
| 79 | He says that his face was badly burnt and it 's meant he has n't been able to take part in his favourite game of rugby . |
| 80 | I said I had n't been playing . |
| 81 | ‘ I wish I had n't been to Zaire . |
| 82 | ‘ Sometimes I wish I had n't been born a Catholic , Joe . |
| 83 | I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’ |
| 84 | You said you had n't been painting . |
| 85 | You said you had n't been to a gym in ages . |
| 86 | Yeah , I know you do , I said , I said you have n't been on the bus already ? |
| 87 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 88 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
| 89 | She said no she said we have n't been for ages . |
| 90 | Three quarters said they had n't been consulted before a caution was given , and sixty two percent of our sample thought offenders should only be entitled to one caution no matter whether the crime was committed by an adult or juvenile . |