Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war situation has also had an influence in the deterioration of education because there are places — especially in the rural areas — where there has n't been any normality in schools for years . |
| 2 | ‘ Although I have n't been able to convince myself . ’ |
| 3 | My home is 90 miles away , so I have n't been able to afford to go back very often . |
| 4 | ‘ So you have n't been unfaithful , is that what you 're saying ? |
| 5 | ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice . |
| 6 | If I had n't been pregnant I would have been sent back to Bullwood , but they have n't got a mother and baby unit there , though in those days Styal was only for women over twenty-one , apart from the pregnant borstal girls . |
| 7 | I had the feeling that if I had n't been present he might have risked uttering a few words to Millie . |
| 8 | If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’ |
| 9 | If I had n't been weak and without hope I should have quarrelled with almost everything Syl said . |
| 10 | If I had n't been rigid with shock , I might have found it ironic . |
| 11 | if I had n't been stuck in the office all day , if I could of been out and about somewhere it would of been even nicer |
| 12 | But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work . |
| 13 | Bogie would n't have married me if I had n't been prepared to agree not to follow my career . |
| 14 | Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time . |
| 15 | I have been able to do the washing cos I have n't been able |
| 16 | If she had n't been well , perhaps , for some time , and had lost interest in the garden , and wanted to get the cottage done over for sale or letting , then she might have told them to go ? ’ |
| 17 | Maybe she had achieved her present position because she was a woman breaking into a man 's world , but she would n't have survived or been so successful if she had n't been good at her job . |
| 18 | If she had n't been due at her craft class at eleven that morning she would have called back later , but as that was n't possible she 'd phone . |
| 19 | They would n't have got married if she had n't been pregnant , so the baby has done something good . |
| 20 | And if she had n't been able to judge this from their dress , she would have from their voices as , one following the other , they said , ‘ Good evening . ’ |
| 21 | She always said she could n't have gone to Brownies at all if she had n't been able to cycle , for the distance was too far for her to walk , and there was no bus . |
| 22 | Jenny was nine , and even if she had n't been adventurous she would probably have fallen in the river anyway , because there was nothing much to do at Dale End but get into mischief . |
| 23 | It was as if she had n't been aware of the girl 's presence , but she said , ‘ Stay where you are , child . |
| 24 | He always felt honoured to have been chosen , because if she had n't been comfortable with him she would have worked him out of the job long ago with little finesse . |
| 25 | ‘ If you had n't been asleep all this time , you 'd know that we are nearly there . ’ |
| 26 | If you had n't been consistent in laying them out like this , then you ca n't so quite confidently go round , go round erasing large chunks of the spreadsheet . |
| 27 | What I mean is , that what I have to say to you , I would n't say if you had n't been one of the family . |
| 28 | Well , you know , if you had n't been quick and run into me he could have caught up with you . |
| 29 | How might life have been different if you had n't been afraid ? |
| 30 | If you had n't been next door here , you 'd never have known . " |