Example sentences of "[verb] n't [been] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has n't been downstairs for over five years . |
| 2 | Alan Tonke who has set this one up says that it has n't been easy getting together a viable collection of items to auction . |
| 3 | We 've all read newspaper report of faulty hire equipment which has n't been properly checked or maintained ; a bad outlet could happily send you away with a potential deathtrap . |
| 4 | The point I think that has to be understood about EuroDisney , which perhaps has n't been properly perceived yet by the public is that it is very much a destination for the British public . |
| 5 | It 's wrong to offer President Clinton this degree after just one month when Lady Thatcher still has n't been properly recognised by her own university |
| 6 | This has n't been properly thought out in terms of how best to determine the country 's security in future . |
| 7 | You can even get warts from equipment which has n't been properly disinfected . |
| 8 | They 've got a Hennessy , but according to his secretary he has n't been away from his desk for a week . |
| 9 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't understand it , he has n't been here in ten years ! |
| 11 | ‘ No , ma'am , she definitely has n't been here . |
| 12 | ‘ Have n't I told you that Doreen has n't been here ? ’ |
| 13 | His father has n't been here for years . |
| 14 | Er , yes that was David , Robert has n't , Robert 's coming next weekend , but he has n't been here for a few weeks |
| 15 | I 'm certainly forced to admit I 've noticed it in myself — my thinking has n't been nearly as controlled as it used to be . |
| 16 | Up to now her life has n't been altogether rosy . |
| 17 | ‘ It does n't seem to bother you that it has n't been altogether successful so far . ’ |
| 18 | Now contrary to what we 'd been informed erm the problem occurred over the last couple of days and having spoken to the ladies in the laboratory , the problem has n't been purely on line five machine . |
| 19 | In practice if you are back checking files and such like , if you find something that is current word which should comply and you find something that has n't been appropriately signed or whatever , if it 's easy to get it done yes do it yes , if it 's not easy to get it done erm , it may be , you 've got to use your judgement because I do n't want you to go into a lot of work , but it may make sense to make a final note we are aware that this was n't done correctly this person has been reminded , or |
| 20 | ‘ But he has n't been anywhere near our place , or tried to see Anna . ’ |
| 21 | Erm it perhaps has n't been as major as as people might er have thought it should be . |
| 22 | It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke . |
| 23 | It was n't like visualizing a holiday — even a place one has n't been before ; after all , there are certain immutables : land , sea , sky and clouds ( not too many of these , please ) ; and even should one have chosen a more unusual location , such as the Arctic or the Gobi Desert , there are photographs . |
| 24 | The new profit and loss centre is aimed at driving Sun into areas it has n't been before like the embedded arena and seeking customers who would create a swot of derivative products . |
| 25 | The new profit and loss centre is aimed at driving Sun into areas it has n't been before , such as the embedded arena , and seeking customers that can create a string of derivative products . |
| 26 | But there is one complaint , so far this year , there has n't been much about her — no pictures and information . |
| 27 | The Turkish forces , let's be clear about this , have used napalm against Kurdish villages inside the ‘ safe haven ’ which the rapidstrike force is supposedly on permanent red-alert to protect — yet there has n't been so much as a cheep from any of the elements who cheered the US-led forces into the Gulf War on the basis that regimes which defy international law and slaughter innocent people must be confronted , no matter what the cost . |
| 28 | We 're a bit understocked anyway — business has n't been so good since the trouble started . ’ |
| 29 | It , it has n't been so far because I 'm left right behind a background . |
| 30 | Well the atmosphere is very bad indeed in Belfast because er we had this before of course twenty years ago we had various bad situations but it has n't been so bad in recent years , but this last fortnight , er we 've had U V F killings , then we had this terrible bomb by the I R A killing the protestants in the Shankhill Road . |