Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a pity that she had n't been able to use one of his handkerchiefs , a strand of his hair . |
| 2 | She bows her head , disappointed that she had n't been able to do more for herself . |
| 3 | His desire to devastate our residential sector and close seventeen homes will be thwarted somebody over there , it may have been Mr it may not have been , said that there had n't been any redundancies . |
| 4 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 5 | erm but , but certainly the , the er er the period has given the Communist Party er quite a large number of trained cadres which will be able to go out into the villages in a way that they had n't been able to in because it would , that was all too soon . |
| 6 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 7 | On leaving , he said that his only regret , was that he had n't been able to get round to everyone and say goodbye . |
| 8 | His backsliding into sloth had happened so slowly that he had n't been aware of it . |