Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] not [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I realized I had not been fair to myself . |
2 | Some critics say there has not been enough action over Aids while others complain there has been too much . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ I hope there has n't been any kind of trouble , ’ she said , watching the policemen disappear up the path . |
5 | ‘ I hope he 's not been brain-damaged by that blow . ’ |
6 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
7 | He apologized when he was close enough , because he guessed he had n't been able to hear Lavinia calling to him above the noise of the Suffolk Punch . |
8 | ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife . |
9 | You know you 've not been interested in sex for years . ’ |
10 | I know it has n't been bad ca n't complain can we ? |
11 | ‘ You know he has n't been unfaithful . ’ |
12 | She presumed there had not been enough news in the letter to compensate for its late arrival . |
13 | The requirement of being implementable in the form of programs imposes a new and healthy constraint on theorising which has not been present previously . |
14 | Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off . |
15 | But Mr Davidson felt they had not been unfair in their treatment of him . |
16 | Declan Casey , 39 , was seized in Strabane , Co Tyrone , just minutes after RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley insisted he had not been free to kill while working for Special Branch . |
17 | ‘ Do n't think it has n't been interesting . ’ |
18 | As I said in Silvio 's office , do n't think it has n't been interesting , because — ’ |
19 | We regret that this article on the KH864 means we have not been able to bring you Diane Bennett 's regular feature . |
20 | The fifty thousand well I if they do they have n't been able to what what we intend to do . |
21 | He says that his face was badly burnt and it 's meant he has n't been able to take part in his favourite game of rugby . |
22 | He said I 've not been able to get one , and I went to he said I thought with an old |
23 | Summing up at the Colchester inquest of Joan Miller on Wednesday , Essex Coroner Malcolm Weir said there had not been enough communication between staff from Colchester General and Turner Village Hospitals . |
24 | If they said they had not been upset on being told the diagnosis , this actually was the case ; they were not suffering from amnesia . |
25 | Petion looked astounded in a repulsed sort of way ; Privately , he wondered who had carved these things , and hoped it had not been some ancestor of his . |
26 | In a circular yesterday , the company said it had not been possible to arrange a refinancing on conventional terms . |
27 | Graham Berry , the SAC 's director of finance , said he had not been involved in the decision . |
28 | I laughed sometimes when he chased intruders from the garden , but I wished he had n't been aware of the little cat , although I think he only wanted to frighten it away , not kill it . |
29 | ‘ I actually think that people in a democracy respect a leader who will say I have not been right all the way along the line . |
30 | She 's the forth business to move out and claims there has n't been enough promotion of the site . |