Example sentences of "[vb past] n't been [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely he had n't been using that tone with her a moment ago ? |
| 2 | But no , she had n't been wearing that dress , of course she had n't . |
| 3 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 4 | Well at least she 's , he had n't been doing enough work somehow ! |
| 5 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 6 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 7 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew you had n't been paying any attention . |
| 9 | Pavel knew that he 'd not been the best company but then , they had n't been treating this job as anything particularly special . |