Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need for development has to be established and so erm I refute the fact totally that there has n't been pressure for development in the countryside , that 's certainly not the case . |
| 2 | There has n't been time , ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ I have written to Joe about it , ’ Maureen said , ‘ but there has n't been time for a reply yet . ’ |
| 4 | There has n't been duty on books since 1860 , when it was seen as a tax on knowledge . |
| 5 | There has n't been duty on books for more than a hundred and thirty years , in 1860 it was seen as a tax on knowledge and abolished . |
| 6 | It 's been very gratifying to win these last two trophies — yet disappointing that there has n't been improvement in the general standard of our girls ’ tennis afterwards . ’ |
| 7 | It 's been very gratifying to win these last two trophies — yet disappointing that there has n't been improvement in the general standard of our girls ’ tennis afterwards . ’ |
| 8 | There had n't been time , on Heaven , for the two women to get to know each other . |
| 9 | There had n't been time to get Maxim 's name on the usual notice of forthcoming visitors to the embassy ; she had been signalled by the Security Service who shared the Steering Committee 's deep distrust of the visit and wanted her to debrief him after his meeting . |
| 10 | There had n't been time on the way up to ask him what the results of the tests had been or what the union had consequently decided . |
| 11 | She meant to explain that there had n't been room in their cases but before she could speak Miss Evans turned bright red and said quickly , ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , how silly of me , why should you ? |
| 12 | And there may be many others but they have n't been discarvard ’ . |
| 13 | If it had n't been dope it would have been valium : what 's the difference ? |
| 14 | It had n't been irony ; Creston would n't be able to contain himself . |
| 15 | He had n't been gardening , but happened to be wearing his casual clothes . |