Example sentences of "they [verb] not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Would either of them have avoided bypass surgery if they had not been top athletes ? |
| 32 | This had been good fortune , as they had not been aware that it was a ‘ protected ’ aircraft , but Carrington arranged in any case for the record of their flight to be blotted from the squadron 's sortie book . |
| 33 | They had not been alone together since Durkin had gone to Belfast six months ago . |
| 34 | They had not been alone together since their conversation on the day on which she had finished dressing the doll , both of them avoiding disturbing contact with the other , for their own good reasons . |
| 35 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 36 | In 1347 he promised that the grievances of the Commons should be remedied by Chancery writs against Forest officers , but next year ‘ the commons of the county of Surrey and of other counties ’ complained that although they had sued for a writ in the Chancery , they had not been able to obtain the promised remedy . |
| 37 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 38 | It was later admitted by the men that " unfortunately , in that treaty , they had not been able to obtain any particular conditions " for women . |
| 39 | Rain asked whether they had not been able to get the story published elsewhere . |
| 40 | They had not been able to travel fast , Wynne-Jones finding riding hard and requiring constant rests . |
| 41 | But then , father , they have n't been well . " |
| 42 | ‘ No one understands loneliness if they have n't been married , ’ Lady Grubb said . |
| 43 | There are many documents that can be happily produced at 300dpi and either photocopied or short-run printed and no-one will ever be aware that they have n't been typeset . |
| 44 | Because really in my view it should be that once something like this happened then it should be on the owners to prove they have n't been negligent . |
| 45 | And they have n't been able to totally accept what 's wrong with Mum , you know , that some of her behavioural problems are n't her being vindictive . |
| 46 | Their house is a repository rich with the things they have n't been able to bring themselves to sell . |
| 47 | on disability issues and they have n't been able to find anybody else , but what they 've said , despite extensive attempts the convention has not been able to obtain a replacement for this one , due to and buys us time . |
| 48 | ‘ They have n't been able to protect me so far , ’ Donna snapped . |
| 49 | Inevitably we have n't held er er they have n't been able to hold up that new members this year and er the main job has been trying to er keep quite a number of the members who were recruited er to the gen following er the general election . |
| 50 | Apparently the , he said they 've had one of them up in court twenty seven times and they have n't been able to prove it yet |
| 51 | That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have . |
| 52 | I know , I they have n't been open all this week . |
| 53 | They have n't been wrong yet . ’ |
| 54 | They have not been relevant enough to the needs of the world 's poor . |
| 55 | If four offering by Dr B all sink without trace , they have not been useful . |
| 56 | They have not been successful in the past , and they will not be successful in the future . |
| 57 | They have not been touched-up or doctored in any way whatever . |
| 58 | There have been some changes , but they have not been dramatic . |
| 59 | Greater resources are needed to meet these obligations but they have not been forthcoming . |
| 60 | It was Charlton 's 11th away success — a League best — and their achievements are all the more commendable coming in the wake of last year 's relegation , the departure of manager Lennie Lawrence , the on-off move back to the Valley and the fact that they have not been able to compete in the transfer market . |