Example sentences of "it [verb] n't [been] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 It had n't been easy to break into the tough world of radio news reporting , not with her fragile appearance , which had always been such a handicap .
32 it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time
33 But it had n't been strong enough to make him say :
34 It had n't been real .
35 She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old .
36 It had n't been fair to hurl it at her .
37 And it had n't been fair of her to expect him to do so .
38 Nenna knew that , if it had n't been disloyal , Richard would have appealed to her to do or say something .
39 It had n't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife 's nagging to give the girl a break .
40 Forester had delivered the certificate and the other papers by hand to the country police station ; it was n't much more than a converted garage alongside the local man 's house , and it had n't been difficult to pick a time when it had been unattended .
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