Example sentences of "not [been] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had not been Mrs Diggory who had told Lady Lavinia about herself and Benedict . |
| 2 | He says that until now the company 's marketing drive has ‘ not been Telepoint led ’ , and instead pitched at selling the handsets as ‘ a quality cordless phone ’ . |
| 3 | Would she have been a normal and contented woman had she not been Nicolae 's sister , or did her willingness to abuse every chance to profiteer from her position and to humiliate those she disliked reflect a deeply unpleasant cast in the Ceauşescu genes ? |
| 4 | His name in those far-off days had not been Fedorov ; he had been the youngest son of a noble family , with high hopes of a distinguished military career . |
| 5 | Despite its enormous restructuring problems , Big Steel has not been Japan 's greatest raiser of cash . |
| 6 | What if it had not been Nicole on the phone at all ? |
| 7 | If it had not been Con Gallagher it would have been someone else . ’ |
| 8 | Her mother had been so excited at the attention paid to her , almost as if it had not been Louise but she herself who was attracting the attention of the young gentlemen . |
| 9 | THE most important news for the economy in the last week or so has not been Mr Lamont 's Budget , nor the Government 's travails over the Maastricht treaty , but the challenge to President 's Yeltsin 's Government in Russia . |
| 10 | It had not been McAllister 's night from dead ball situations and the consequences had been widespread . |