Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He was quite aware of my childish misdemeanours , but I had n't been to confession since I returned from Egypt , and I thought he would be profoundly shocked by what I should have to tell him . |
2 | I arrived from nowhere , I had n't been to drama school . |
3 | ‘ I wish I had n't been to Zaire . |
4 | They could see by my record that I had n't been to prison before , did n't know the procedure . |
5 | It 's been hell shut up in that cottage with two women who would both have braved the weather to come up here to see how you were if I had n't been on hand to stop them . ’ |
6 | I had n't been in bed all that long . |
7 | I heard him leaving because I had n't been in bed very long , and I heard him coming back because I had a bit of indigestion and I could n't sleep . ’ |
8 | No , I had n't been in prison . |
9 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
10 | No , I have n't been into York yet , I 'm on my way , I live near Harrogate . |
11 | I mean I have n't been to Guildford for oh god I do n't know when I think probably with you the last time I went to Guildford . |
12 | Well I do n't know whether you go home from boarding school , you probably just have a day off , I do n't know , I have n't been to boarding school . |
13 | ‘ No ; I have n't been to Durham Cathedral . ’ |
14 | ‘ I have n't been to bed yet , ’ he said , not taking the question any way at all . |
15 | I have n't been to Paris since er ooh a long time a whe last time I went there I was on honeymoon so that 's a few years ago . |
16 | Yes , but I have n't been to work today . |
17 | Well , I was actually im , very impressed with the Underground cos I do , I have n't been to Euston before and the Underground is really I mean , it 's modern but it 's clean and it 's actually |
18 | I have n't been to Hong Kong to see Ben |
19 | Well I have n't been to Barton |
20 | I have n't been to Heathrow as much as I 'd been to Gatwick |
21 | Erm No I have n't been in Ireland duck . |
22 | ‘ Do n't assume I have n't been in Scotland . |
23 | I have n't been in wards for about twenty two years . |
24 | I have n't been in office systems for all that time . |
25 | Back in Fr Butler 's home parish of St Lachtain in Freshford , Kilkenny , Fr Seamus Henry said : ‘ I have n't been in touch with John for some months but I am supporting him in a pastoral way . |
26 | I have n't been in touch with the 's for ages . |
27 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
28 | why she has n't been to school she was in erm the . |
29 | I do n't know , she has n't been at school . |
30 | She has n't been in Italy for a long time . |