Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] n't [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the lake that we were going to spend our time on and although these lakes had n't been fished much we did have the benefit of some information given to us by Joe Taylor who had been out a few weeks prior to us . |
| 2 | After all , when we were children , teenagers had n't been invented ! |
| 3 | She 'd been so caught up in her thoughts that the voice near her side came as a shock , but even as she turned she realised the words had n't been aimed at her . |
| 4 | Even that seemingly most child-aware artist , Dick Bruna , says ( 1984 , p.43 ) , ‘ I 'm sure that if the books had n't been such a success , I would still be continuing in the same way . |
| 5 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 6 | The parents had n't been offered any sort of advice or counselling ; they had all received a letter from Paul Lee inviting them to come and talk to his department , but no one had offered them any information about their children ; if they wanted that they had to ring up the department and ask for it . |
| 7 | Greatly to her relief , the first visit of the little girls to the hospital to see their parents had n't been nearly as traumatic as Laura had feared . |
| 8 | We paid over $50m for it , and that , for a small British company in those days going into a market where British companies had n't been notably successful , was seen as a very big commitment . |
| 9 | When the car suddenly collided with something solid she knew her prayers had n't been answered . |
| 10 | Those were the days when shops were shops and supermarkets had n't been invented , days of dark wood counters and lots of assistants , when carrier bags were always made of brown paper with string handles that ripped off in the rain . |
| 11 | But their expectations had n't been raised . |
| 12 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |
| 13 | My first experience of airsports had n't been a good one . |
| 14 | This reduction would have been even more severe if subsidies had n't been paid since 1968 and some of the innovations shown in Table 6.2 had n't been introduced . |
| 15 | And some of the great families had n't been too happy about nomes being able to go where they pleased , without having to ask permission . |
| 16 | Why cut off one hand ? the Doctor wondered , before the reason struck him : the man must have carried a briefcase or similar object cuffed to his wrist , and his assailants had n't been willing to expend time on subtleties like lockpicking . |
| 17 | If anyone were to ask whether the cottage was for sale or rent , Mother Francis was always ready with a helpless shrug of the shoulders to say that things had n't been fully sorted out yet , but that it was in Eve 's name and nothing could be done until she was twenty-one . |
| 18 | Can you imagine that , you know just using your imagination again to slip back to those er these things had n't been experienced . |
| 19 | Bruce added : ‘ Things had n't been going well with Phonogram for quite a while . |
| 20 | if arrangements had n't been made for her to go to Australia might be , she has n't been may have you know , she still had n't been to the doctors |
| 21 | Well , well you came here did n't you when the curtains had n't been |
| 22 | If the navvies had n't been there to help she 'd not have been found for days . ’ |
| 23 | If only the photographers had n't been there , we might have been able to hush it up . ’ |
| 24 | His hands had n't been contaminated . |
| 25 | The mountain tops had n't been their chosen destination . |
| 26 | I was surprised spectators had n't been given the opportunity to assess their merits . |
| 27 | They could see the patchwork of new fabric over old , where the repairs had n't been painted yet . |
| 28 | My sausages had n't been all that satisfying , and I was feeling hungry again . |
| 29 | I scowled at her and promised Dad that if the Germans had n't been sent packing by Christmas — I would leave the market and join up myself to help him finish off the job . |
| 30 | By now he and Twoflower were on horseback — mounts had n't been that hard to obtain . |