Example sentences of "it [verb] n't [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has n't been a good start , has it ? ’ |
| 2 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 3 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 4 | Well it has n't been a complete loss . |
| 5 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah , so , it has n't been a bad day , it 's been quite nice |
| 7 | It has n't been an easy time , even for the professions , and while law firms have had to cut back on staffing , they face having to get more out of the personnel they have left in terms of client service . |
| 8 | It has n't been an easy year for the mother of two grown-up children , as anxious pet-owners have been known to telephone at four o' clock in the morning to ask about their cats or dogs . |
| 9 | Perhaps it had n't been a good idea after all to come on this trip together . |
| 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 a busy day in London town , but there was no mention of anybody falling through windows in Leytonstone . |
| 12 | It had n't been a little panda , either , but a Rover 2600 , an ‘ Area car ’ . |
| 13 | It had n't been an easy task , and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed . |
| 14 | It had n't been an easy decision for him in any regard . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It had n't been an unusual day . |