Example sentences of "[vb past] n't been [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he had n't been here this morning while she was forcing her way through the woods ? |
| 2 | No , I do n't think that had a great deal to do with it , erm it was question that when the town was designed the , there had n't been this sudden burst in living standards . |
| 3 | She said it looked as though Francis had n't been home all night and she was worried . ’ |
| 4 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 5 | He had n't been there that morning and now she had run him to earth in the café . |
| 6 | She felt a moment 's self-consciousness and doubt , because she knew she had changed , too ; that there were lines around the emerald eyes that had n't been there last time he saw her . |
| 7 | I had n't been there ten minutes when the bailiff came , ’ he said . |