Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] not been " in BNC.

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1 I will certainly look with compassion in days to come on the three hon. Members whom I have not been able to call on the statement , but we have a busy day ahead of us .
2 Well I I had n't been shutting the one that do n't make no difference still , there 's only cos Pavarotti 's out anyway !
3 I I have n't been on one of our courses for a little while but I think that 's very similar to er
4 Both Victoria and Albert were delighted with the Emperor 's charm and amiability , but above all they were captivated by Eugènie ‘ the dear , sweet Empress ’ , though the Queen confided to the Emperor that she realized how difficult her role must be for someone who had not been brought up to it .
5 Till then I had felt I was beginning to get his measure ; first of all , his English , though excellent , was somehow not contemporary , more that of someone who had n't been in England for many years ; and then his whole appearance was foreign .
6 And get someone who has not been involved in the production to give you an honest opinion of the end product .
7 but yeah , but the thing is you 're gon na get someone saying Mickey , Mickey Mouse or whoever it is , so , you know someone who does n't wan na stand someone who has n't been asked .
8 I know , I they have n't been open all this week .
9 I it 's not been examined sir , no .
10 All items will be inspected well ahead of the opening of the fair , and nothing which has not been vetted , and whose description has not been approved , may be exhibited at any stage during the fair .
11 Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that the appropriate means of achieving fairness to an accused with regard to disclosure to the defence of material in the prosecution 's possession was a matter to be determined by the particular legislature , executive and judiciary concerned ; that although the Jamaican practice , particularly in relation to inconsistent previous statements , would normally be an acceptable means of achieving such fairness it did not extend to every situation in which fairness required the prosecution to make material available to the defence ; that where the prosecution intended a witness 's evidence to be based on his statement to the police and to deviate significantly from his deposition , the prosecution was under a duty to supply the defence with a copy of the statement before the trial ; and that , therefore , since the deceased 's husband and sister had given evidence inconsistent with their statements , and important testimony had been adduced from them which had not been foreshadowed in their depositions , the failure to disclose their statements to the defence constituted a material irregularity ( post , pp. 161H — 162A , B , B–C , 165C–E ) .
12 Erm , apparently the first tune they used to those words , was a tune , which I 've not been able to find , which came from Britain .
13 It was holding a party to which I had not been invited .
14 Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 .
15 Well , in fact I did n't know , not for certain , but I could n't see any signs at all of brassière straps or elastic waistbands which I had n't been able to help noticing on all other women .
16 Most important was losing inches off my hips , which I have n't been able to do before … . ‘
17 An important work which I have not been able to consult is " Sketches of the Coasts and Islands of Scotland and of the Isle of Man " by Charles John Shore , Baron Teignmouth .
18 An important work which I have not been able to consult is " Sketches of the Coasts and Islands of Scotland and of the Isle of Man " by Charles John Shore , Baron Teignmouth .
19 A right-wing politician recently declared that ‘ Rape is the only one of mankind 's crimes which I have not been forced to commit ’ .
20 You have tried to approve a package which you have not been requested to approve .
21 She has striking Italian looks , a model height of five feet ten inches and long slim legs — all attributes which she had n't been taking advantage of .
22 To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch .
23 Are there resentments or suspicions of which one has not been aware ?
24 From this progression it becomes possible to consider chronic diseases either as acute illnesses from which we have not been able to recover fully or as arising from the individual having insufficient ‘ energy ’ , for whatever reason , to develop an acute illness and be done with it !
25 Totally negative approach , of course if you start to do a programme which we have n't been involved in some mistakes will be made but we should be positive and look forward to see how we can avoid the mistake we 've been making in the future .
26 what your look , same with your letter forage , I think mostly we were taught letter formation , which we have n't been for a few years now
27 Well , just generally , we have n't restricted recruiting of care staff , in other words , unless we know there 's a decision been made about a residential establishment which there has n't been at present .
28 In four instances , the interviewees refused to discuss their criminal activities as these concerned crimes for which they had not been convicted .
29 The second was that Winchester had a right of appeal under the Lautro Rules which they had not been afforded the opportunity of exercising .
30 And the more they become integrated , then they would expand out , join the Scouts , the Guides or go to the local youth club , so be part of the , the er , growing up process which they have n't been afforded .
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