Example sentences of "[pers pn] have n't [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wished later that I had n't been so shy . |
| 2 | If I had n't been so besotted and obsessed to the point of madness I 'd have called the whole thing off ! ’ |
| 3 | If I had n't been too dumb I could have come to Mars-U as well , then I would n't have been alone . |
| 4 | I have n't been very successful with my aubergines the last couple of years , as they keep being eaten by caterpillars . |
| 5 | You 've come and read me a bed time story when I have n't been very well and I 've been in bed . |
| 6 | And er it was probably where the drovers came through , it 's a drove road and I , I have n't been quite able to find out what he di I think he would be a shepherd probably . |
| 7 | I 've seen the laws in action and I have n't been too impressed . |
| 8 | I have n't been too bad over the past few years but I 've certainly been left with the legacy of my habit . |
| 9 | It reminded Franca of some old happiness ; and she thought I have n't been really happy since that very first day when he said there was someone else but I was n't to worry . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't been entirely honest with you , Inspector . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid I have n't been entirely honest . ’ |
| 12 | " So I have n't been absolutely truthful with him . |
| 13 | Then he said , ‘ This probably is n't the right time to say this , but I have n't been totally honest with you … . ’ |
| 14 | Deary me , I was well drunk I s I have n't been , I have n't been that drunk since the Playpen gig . |
| 15 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 16 | She had n't been sufficiently strong mentally , he believed , to will the money away from her destroyers . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 20 | Laurence had given her some money which fortunately she had n't been too proud to accept . |
| 21 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 22 | ‘ She had very serious abdominal wounds and one doctor told me she would have died if she had n't been so young and healthy , ’ said Mr Kelly . |
| 23 | She knew it was best , but she could n't help wondering what would have happened if she had n't been so proud on Christmas Day . |
| 24 | She would gladly have refused to go with him altogether if she had n't been so curious about the man . |
| 25 | ‘ All he needs is someone to take care of him , ’ she would always say of Seth , but lately she had n't been so sure . |
| 26 | It seemed unlikely that anyone would choose to live in this out-of-the-way place without some form of transport — if she had n't been so nervous , that would have occurred to her earlier , she thought wryly . |
| 27 | If she had n't been so irritable and on edge , Camille might have been flattered by this notion . |
| 28 | If she had n't been so upset , it would almost have been funny . |
| 29 | Several times she 'd caught him staring at her with a warm , smiling expression in his brown eyes , and if she had n't been so sensible it would have made her feel quite wobbly . |
| 30 | She might have been amused if she had n't been so annoyed . |