Example sentences of "but [pron] had not [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears . |
| 2 | Mrs had got home in her jeep with just chauffeur and one extra bodyguard , defying the pleas of the other wives , some half an hour after Kaptan and I had left with the Corporal , but she had n't been able to get the Colonel on the military net for nearly two hours after that . |
| 3 | She 'd known that it was childish behaviour on her part , but she had n't been able to help herself . |
| 4 | She had lost her fear long ago but she had not been close to a man like this for over two years . |
| 5 | The door had n't opened , but there had n't been another sound out of them for the rest of the night . |
| 6 | The universe had been enclosed with wood , but there had n't been enough to go round , and through the gaps nothingness waited , strips of bottomless black stuck on the rosy sky . |
| 7 | The event turned out in fact as successful as last year 's but there had not been any advantage in the February timing , . |
| 8 | But they had n't been near enough . |
| 9 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 10 | He had won in the maiden class , for those who have yet to win a prize , in 1975 , but he had not been successful since moving into the growers ' section . |
| 11 | He was aware of this and in principle disliked it , attempting when he first set up in private practice , to resist it , but he had not been able to . |
| 12 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
| 13 | He had wanted to wrap his arms about his body for warmth , but he had not been able to move , and his vision had been blurred . |
| 14 | But he had not been able to show anyone , yet , that he was anything but what his father now was : a rich man who did what he liked because he was King and everyone was polite to him . |
| 15 | He had been appalled , as had the rest of the court , at the emaciation of the four ambassadors sent them by the city , but he had not been surprised . |
| 16 | He was still , tensed and alert on the sidling , startled horse ; but he had not been startled . |
| 17 | But he had n't been nude . |
| 18 | He had been over twenty before he had even found out about it but he had n't been old enough to dare ask his grandmother how it had been and how she had felt and what they had talked about . |
| 19 | He had farmed the child out , of course , but he had n't been able to quell the fear that somehow she might intrude upon his future . |
| 20 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
| 21 | But it had n't been strong enough to make him say : |
| 22 | Edwin Pettigrew would have a single room , but it had not been possible to get more than one , which meant that Daisy would have to share with Sister Dew . |