Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't been as long in this job as her last one , yet she knew there was a positive danger that she might soon be scouring the situations vacant columns again . |
| 2 | Then she rode home feeling a bit ashamed that she had n't been as brave as she felt sure a proper Brownie ought to have been in face of danger . |
| 3 | How much worse it must be for those who have n't been as fortunate as I in recovering from such trauma . |
| 4 | ‘ Arthur Andersen felt that we had n't been as strong on the commercial management as we should have been . |
| 5 | I do n't recall the good times I 've had at Wembley with anything like the same frequency — not just because there have n't been as many of them ( my personal Wembley record is played ten , won two , lost eight ) , but because when you support a football team , misery is the only currency that can purchase real ecstasy . |
| 6 | They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel . |
| 7 | It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke . |
| 8 | It had n't been as bad as she had feared . |
| 9 | She was upset , but later reflected it had n't been as bad as it could have been . |