Example sentences of "n't been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Speaking of that , ’ Charity said cautiously , ‘ you have n't been hiring people , have you ? ’ |
| 2 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
| 3 | I hope nobody ai n't been swearing . |
| 4 | She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her . |
| 5 | Dot had n't been thinking of her . |
| 6 | ‘ We have n't been thinking anything of it — that load of prats . |
| 7 | I felt she had n't been thinking about Charlie at all — except as an inspiration — but that , like me , she 'd been dwelling on what she might do in the world . |
| 8 | I had n't been thinking about her that much , just a few times a day , and seldom imagined that I 'd glimpse her here or there on the street , on a bus , in the Superette , in the hospital , on a passing aeroplane five miles high . |
| 9 | ‘ You ai n't been thinking . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The truth was that George had n't been thinking about anything except himself . |
| 12 | I had n't been thinking of stress or shock , I 'd been nursing a hangover . |
| 13 | He had n't been thinking anything of the sort and last night he had only suggested he could settle her business for her with a phone call to the manager , whom he knew well , because he wanted to take her out today instead of waiting outside hotels for her . |
| 14 | He had n't been listening very hard at the time . |
| 15 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 16 | McDunn nods slowly , slightly , a distant look in his eyes like he 's not really nodding at what I 've just told him ; has n't been listening to a word I 've said , in fact . |
| 17 | ‘ You have n't been listening to us . |
| 18 | He had n't been listening . |
| 19 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 20 | ’ Oh , Bill , you have n't been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 21 | The other diners who mostly had n't been listening just clapped . |
| 22 | He had n't been listening to the worried discussions behind him . |
| 23 | I 'm , I 'm , I 'm , I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry Councillor , but you obviously have n't been listening to debate this morning , the issue is about the settlement that we have received . |
| 24 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |
| 25 | He 's gon na find it hard as well I think , but on the other hand they have n't been communicating at all , you know , it 's not like |
| 26 | ‘ She has n't been lookin' too well lately , ’ he murmured . |
| 27 | The peo the machine only goes off bad if somebody has n't been maintaining it . |
| 28 | If Guy had n't been holding her , she was sure she would have dropped to the floor . |
| 29 | ‘ I have n't been hiding anywhere . ’ |
| 30 | panicked by the snow which he had n't been expecting , he threw everything over and he had a job finding it all on the other side . |