Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] n't been " in BNC.
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| 1 | " At least my money has n't been wasted . " |
| 2 | Yeah of course you can , I mean my mum have n't been out for weeks |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 5 | And when I arrived I wouldn't 've been surprised if my name had n't been on the list but it was there . |
| 6 | My father has n't been in touch since I was eight years old . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr. Preston , my life has n't been everything I would have liked since I came here . |
| 8 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 9 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
| 10 | She knew with total certainty that her imagination had n't been playing tricks , and that it was the second time in only a few minutes that she 'd heard those precise words . |
| 11 | She had assumed that because mother had n't wept or shown grief that her father had n't been loved by anyone but herself and her father 's parents , who wept copiously . |
| 12 | At least it might have done if its launch had n't been followed two days later by the scandalous sentencing of drink-driver Christopher Hart . |
| 13 | And where ag erm either erm a young mother or even older women who did n't have a husband to support them , then we would try and we had one woman coming in and saying , she had six children and er her husband had gone off , and her giro had n't been sorted out . |
| 14 | Marie Claire in her turn had n't been interested in me . |
| 15 | She was cold , tired and aching ; her bed had n't been thick enough , and she 'd been wakened several times by sheep trying to share it , or eat it . |
| 16 | Up to now her life has n't been altogether rosy . |
| 17 | At the opposite end of the table , Bangor may struggle again and their cause has n't been helped by the loss to Cliftonville of ace striker Johnny Poole . |
| 18 | At the opposite end of the table , Bangor may struggle again and their cause has n't been helped by the loss to Cliftonville of ace striker Johnny Poole . |
| 19 | Her mother had n't been too pleased with Kevin as a son-in-law . |
| 20 | It may also bring security and improvement in their lifestyle , if they or their family have n't been able to care for them properly . |
| 21 | And in a separate incident a twenty three year old — whose name has n't been released — was found dead in a hotel room in Queen 's Drive this morning . |
| 22 | His Mum had n't been able to persuade him to stay , though she was worried about his cough . |
| 23 | I swear his nose had n't been broken when I first stepped into the car ! |
| 24 | His name had n't been mentioned in the Stevens household for a very long time and Rachel assumed that they all thought he was still abroad . |
| 25 | She had n't mentioned David Markham but his presence had hung between them like a spectre and his name had n't been mentioned since . |
| 26 | His behaviour has n't been odd and speaking to his cell mate this morning it seems that he did n't speak to very many people either . |
| 27 | Especially of interest was the fact that one of the two men clearly experiencing difficulty with section ( c ) on the examination paper , Howard Brown ( Morse wondered why his wife had n't been willing to cover for him ) , had filled in section ( e ) with the correct date of arrival , 27 October ; or , to be more precise about the matter , ‘ 2 October ’ . |
| 28 | If his father had n't been so bloody-minded and had let him use the family car , he would no doubt have gone down alone and come back next day , having called on some estate agent in Hadleigh or Sudbury and asked them to sell the house for him , the very one probably that he had gone to in the following year . |
| 29 | His father has n't been here for years . |
| 30 | Mother asked me to call him , but he was n't in his room and his bed had n't been slept in . ’ |