Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't been an easy man to live with for the past year . |
| 2 | If she had n't been an awkward , obstinate bitch of a teenager , it would all have been very different . |
| 3 | If there has n't been an historic massacre there , then somebody ought to organise one , or at least a bit of a tiff , to do justice to its shadowy , sombre sentinels of cliffs . |
| 4 | It has n't been an easy time , even for the professions , and while law firms have had to cut back on staffing , they face having to get more out of the personnel they have left in terms of client service . |
| 5 | It has n't been an easy year for the mother of two grown-up children , as anxious pet-owners have been known to telephone at four o' clock in the morning to ask about their cats or dogs . |
| 6 | It had n't been an easy task , and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed . |
| 7 | It had n't been an easy decision for him in any regard . |
| 8 | In fact , if it had n't been an important point of principle not to let the damn impertinent man get away with his nauseating behaviour , she 'd have let the whole thing drop . |
| 9 | It had n't been an unusual day . |