Example sentences of "[verb] n't been [pron] fault " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was the awful unfairness of it all , as it really had n't been her fault that Ethel had cast a bad spell on the broomstick she had lent to Mildred , thus ruining the display . |
| 2 | It had been a rout , but that had n't been his fault . |
| 3 | It had n't been his fault that Bill Morgan , the vehicle examiner , had chosen to come in open-necked shirt and corduroys ; neither he nor Dom had cared a damn what their guests chose to wear . |
| 4 | Throw a shovelful of tarmac into the canal and they went to pieces , it had n't been his fault he 'd tripped over the cat . |
| 5 | After all it had n't been his fault that Ianthe was in bed with ‘ flu . |