Example sentences of "[vb past] n't been a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there had n't been a serious offer for the property in the last twelve months . |
| 2 | Perhaps it had n't been a good idea after all to come on this trip together . |
| 3 | Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless . |
| 4 | If she had n't been a good actress I would n't have hired her . ’ |
| 5 | But she had n't been a hardnosed grubber after facts ( or compiler of falsehoods , for that matter ) . |
| 6 | There had n't been a proper tea . |
| 7 | " Nowhere , " she said , but her mother always knew when she was lying because she had n't been a bad liar in her time herself , and it took one to know one . |
| 8 | It had n't been a little panda , either , but a Rover 2600 , an ‘ Area car ’ . |
| 9 | It had n't been a busy day in London town , but there was no mention of anybody falling through windows in Leytonstone . |
| 10 | Well , it was n't as gruesome as it might have been had the bodies been five weeks rather than five years old , but it had n't been a pretty sight by any means . |
| 11 | It had n't been an easy decision for him in any regard . |
| 12 | It had n't been an easy task , and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed . |
| 13 | It had n't been an unusual day . |
| 14 | In fact , if it had n't been an important point of principle not to let the damn impertinent man get away with his nauseating behaviour , she 'd have let the whole thing drop . |
| 15 | Their attack on the Centre LePen had n't been an unqualified success , but Duroc was pleased with the loss of life . |
| 16 | She could defend herself — that had n't been an empty boast . |