Example sentences of "he have [not/n't] [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Somebody did suggest that we ask Betty 's husband , but if he has n't been very helpful with the auditor , perhaps he 's not very keen on .
2 He has , he has n't been very active actually
3 " He has n't been home all night , " I said , trying to keep the anxiety out of my voice .
4 He has not been properly fit for months .
5 He 'd not been sexually insistent with Judith , for instance .
6 The master of the horse said later that he had not been overly impressed by this proposal .
7 He had not been well early in the previous year , and decided to resign as Chairman , though he did remain on the Board for five more years as the Goldsmiths ' nominee .
8 He had not been altogether honest with the parents regarding the ‘ job situation ’ and considered it prudent to steal silently away to his room , rather than construct explanations for his early return from ‘ work ’ .
9 He was rather liking this bit of a jaunt , although he had not been very enthusiastic when Goibniu had ordered him to set out .
10 For some reason he had not been too worried out it last night , nor was he now .
11 But Travis was shaking his head , and insisting that he had not been as enthusiastic as he might have been on Saturday .
12 Against Chamberlain it was remembered that he was a Liberal Unionist ( as was Lansdowne , who led the Unionists in the Lords ) and that he had not been entirely loyal to Balfour since the referendum pledge .
13 ‘ The Cloak of Invisibility in addition to all else ? ’ said Taliesin lightly , and Fael-Inis said , ‘ Exactly , ’ and Taliesin looked up sharply , because although he had not been entirely flippant , neither had he been altogether serious .
14 Paisley had broken with Kilfedder because he had not been sufficiently outspoken in his criticism of O'Neill .
15 Rufus stubbed out his second cigarette , put the paper into his briefcase and slung over his shoulders the marvellous black leather coat from Beltrami he had bought in Florence , which would have made him look like a gangster if he had not been so fair and ruddy-faced and with such blue , English eyes .
16 He was careful to exchange addresses and telephone numbers and , if he had not been so short of funds , would have suggested buying her a drink at the Ritz , outside which they were both standing .
17 He had not been so happy with the farmland which went with the Fish ; his town talents ( he was from Cockermouth , about ten miles away ) had given him neither the patience nor the experience for such niggling country work and — as he was a man who took advice badly — his neighbours had soon left him alone to rot alone .
18 In an interview in Washington on May 6 , however , Bani-Sadr acknowledged that , as he had not been directly involved in the negotiations , he had no first-hand knowledge of the alleged deal .
19 So he had n't been here this morning while she was forcing her way through the woods ?
20 It was she who had begged him to make love to her , she recalled , not the other way round , and , although he had n't been exactly reluctant , what man was going to turn down such a blatant offer ?
21 He had n't been seriously doubtful .
22 He had n't been so pleased to see someone in all his life .
23 Wished he had n't been so damn scared that she 'd turn him down .
24 On the other hand , if he had n't been so keen on interfering there would not have been any tension because she would not have been here or even in France at all .
25 If he had n't been so hasty in consoling himself with Lexy , she would have rushed ahead with her usual blind enthusiasm , forgetting all the lessons her broken engagement had taught her .
26 There was love in that sofa , I said to George , love for which the Morrisons would have paid a fortune if he had n't been so prissy .
27 He had n't been too well lately they said .
28 He had n't been there that morning and now she had run him to earth in the café .
29 According to the papers , he had n't been very complimentary about me recently .
30 It had worried him for a moment , he had n't been quite sure what she meant , but then he reckoned she was referring to the troubles .
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