Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else .
2 " I have n't been for some time .
3 I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’
4 For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance .
5 No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them .
6 So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it .
7 Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not
8 I have n't been in this church for years . ’
9 He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before .
10 I have n't been in this for ages , ’ said Rex Mundi .
11 ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets .
12 But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages .
13 I have n't been around this long without learning that funny things happen to people who know too much about mob business . ’
14 ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy .
15 Mind you , it could have been cheaper if you had n't been in such a hurry .
16 If you had n't been in such a foul temper — ’
17 I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’
18 You have n't been outside that door for days .
19 You have n't been in this neck of the woods for years , and I doubt if in all her life she 's been further than Blackpool . ’
20 ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner .
21 Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ?
22 Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet .
23 We have n't been round this way for a while have we ?
24 " No , and there have n't been for some time . "
25 It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm .
26 She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such .
27 It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place .
28 I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’
29 And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’
30 ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’
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