Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war situation has also had an influence in the deterioration of education because there are places — especially in the rural areas — where there has n't been any normality in schools for years . |
| 2 | ‘ Although I have n't been able to convince myself . ’ |
| 3 | In particular , the number of stopping places available to them has been drastically reduced over a period of three or four decades during which the travelling population has been on the increase , although I have not been able to discover the measure of it . |
| 4 | sidelong eyes that I 've not been bad |
| 5 | Oh she probably heard that I had not been well |
| 6 | This was a very great help to me , because I was able to learn the meaning of many words that I had not been able to understand before . |
| 7 | It is not surprising that I have not been able to finish them , for I never have a single quiet hour here . |
| 8 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 9 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 10 | Now I might forget some of them but , er , what about er , you , seeing as how your skill is one that I have n't been able to acquire yet , Jo how did you get to make the perfect quiche . |
| 11 | My home is 90 miles away , so I have n't been able to afford to go back very often . |
| 12 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 13 | The original bouquet for this picture was exceptionally large , so I have not been able to reproduce a life-sized replica but instead have scaled it down to fit into a picture frame . |
| 14 | It was a pity that she had n't been able to use one of his handkerchiefs , a strand of his hair . |
| 15 | She bows her head , disappointed that she had n't been able to do more for herself . |
| 16 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 17 | But how sad that she had not been able to say that to the one person who really longed to hear it . |
| 18 | She explained that she had not been able to bring herself to discuss things with them , although she had managed to speak to her married brother , who had been very supportive and helpful . |
| 19 | She was bitterly sad that she had not been able to see her aunt before she died . |
| 20 | Robbie drew breath to vindicate herself , to tell him that she had not been unfaithful , that so far as she was concerned Hugh had ceased to exist . |
| 21 | and then go back over stuff that you 've done earlier that you have n't been able to understand where you 've felt , Ooh I do n't know what 's going on here . |
| 22 | Does n't it worry you that you have n't been able really to make an efficient crackdown here and your officers are still suffering attacks ? |
| 23 | Anne Liddy , the clog dancer , only worked for John for a couple of seasons , so she had not been Tillerized . |
| 24 | ‘ So you have n't been unfaithful , is that what you 're saying ? |
| 25 | Yeah I was gon na move erm on a suggestion that we had not been convinced of the need for this consortium by er , so far and and that certainly we as an authority er , have remained opposed to it on the grounds that we 've stated the terms of accountability in terms of the er , sensitivity to local needs in terms of transport issues and in terms of the clear intention to restrict patient choice erm which I think is a key think which should be emphasised |
| 26 | The loss of a significant relationship through death is , however , likely to be one that we have not been able to prepare for much in advance , and it is likely to be a loss that we do regret . |
| 27 | We want to wear some of those clothes in the wardrobe that we have n't been able to wear for ages . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've always felt in the past that if anyone had a problem , they could always come to me and talk about it , and there have n't been many problems that we have n't been able to solve that way . ’ |
| 29 | It has been difficult while they 've been doing their exams , so we 've not been able to get them together as much as I would have liked . |
| 30 | His desire to devastate our residential sector and close seventeen homes will be thwarted somebody over there , it may have been Mr it may not have been , said that there had n't been any redundancies . |