Example sentences of "n't even be " in BNC.

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1 Instead , he left behind a potent series of myths — the rock ‘ n ’ roll rebel , the sensitive poet , the sexual athlete , the Lizard King — and a body of work that would influence musicians who had n't even been born when their hero was buried and his gravestone gained its first layer of graffiti in Pére Lachaise cemetery .
2 ‘ It has n't even been reviewed yet and is already completely rubbish .
3 I 'd had a soft erection before , but as our mouths collided — we had n't even been able to kiss all week ! — it hardened up painfully .
4 People walking across what they thought was firm snow would fall through into fast running streams that had n't even been there before .
5 He could n't believe that it would have wandered far when it had n't even been outside the stable for such a long time .
6 There has n't even been a thank-you for all my hard work . ’
7 Sometimes on the morning after a match I have n't even been able to put my socks on because of painful ankles , ’ the 34-year-old said last night .
8 Well it has n't even been committed for trial yet .
9 Chances were that the shooting had n't even been heard this side of the block .
10 I said , thank you very much but I have n't even been charged yet , let alone convicted .
11 Everyone thinks lesbians are only in prison , but I know loads of women from the outside who have n't even been to prison who are lesbians .
12 Half of them had n't even been thought of , especially microwaves anyway .
13 She has n't heard Alina walking across the terrace , and has n't even been expecting her for another half-hour .
14 Dizzy had n't even been tense .
15 It was not just the quickness of the child , but something indefinable ; something that that fool Spatz had n't even been aware of .
16 ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’
17 Hospital staff rush here and there , tell them to wait , to walk down long forbidding corridors to see a doctor — whose name they have n't even been told — who may not even speak to them by name in a way they can understand .
18 But no : he has n't even been spared this .
19 You have n't even been born yet . ’
20 Perez de Cuellar was quite justified in saying that , once the US got its cover for the action , the UN has n't been consulted , they have n't even been informed until well after decisions have been taken , and actions have followed .
21 Carole said that she always brought everything including the kitchen sink because she 'd stayed in the past in basecamps where there had n't even been enough mattresses to go round ; one in South Wales had been a wooden hut with gas lights and a fridge half a mile away .
22 He had n't even been jealous of her dead husband .
23 He 'd secured her with practised ease , and so fast that she had n't even been aware of it happening .
24 She had n't even been aware that the show had a programme , other than the stuff they put on the show board in the foyer .
25 All because of one silly accident , which had n't even been her fault , her life for the next long miserable eighteen months was to be ruled by a man whom she detested with all her heart .
26 In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it .
27 They did n't want to be press barons , says Miles , they wanted a community paper , and it had n't even been easy to find an editor amongst the founding group , preoccupied as they were with art galleries and bookshops , theatre companies and poetry , and preoccupied also with that sense of freedom , and the breaking down of national barriers which had accompanied the explosion of travel in the 1960s .
28 Shannon could n't help but feel a ripple of warmth for the man , even though they had n't even been introduced yet .
29 And her hesitation had n't even been caused by the grim memory his words had stirred up .
30 She had n't even been aware of gnawing on her abused lip .
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