Example sentences of "[pron] have n't [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't been homesick either , and get regular telephone calls from my parents back home ’ , she explained . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't been well , ’ she stuttered . |
| 3 | erm , well it just , it just , you know , with her , I mean , she ca n't sit still , I mean to have , I mean I , the last four Saturdays , admittedly I have n't been well , but I 've just been totally indoors sewing . |
| 4 | Cos , I have n't been impressed . |
| 5 | Well , I have n't been married but I have , did recently graduate , and that was a very important day for me |
| 6 | I have n't been long back . |
| 7 | ‘ I have n't been absent all that long , ’ he protested . |
| 8 | Oh , well I have n't been that way yet . |
| 9 | Too many people are able to , and do say , ‘ I have n't been involved with TOP at all ’ . |
| 10 | " Sorry I have n't been great company . |
| 11 | Mind you , erm , I have n't been conscious about him at all , even when he was on the first of all . |
| 12 | One fan said : ‘ I have n't been this wet since Pavarotti in the Park and at least the burgers were cheaper there . ’ |
| 13 | Eh , I have n't been this week . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ said Lucy , ‘ I have n't been fair to you . |
| 15 | I have n't been able to explain this to Dr Grossman , because he would n't understand , but you will understand , and I hope be happy for me . |
| 16 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't been able to get enough this Christmas to satisfy my customers ' needs . |
| 18 | Most important was losing inches off my hips , which I have n't been able to do before … . ‘ |
| 19 | It was just as well because the back boiler in the kitchen split in two about fifteen years ago and I have n't been able to light a fire in the grate since . |
| 20 | ‘ From the moment I set eyes on you I have n't been able to think of anything else . |
| 21 | You know , I have n't been able to take my eyes off you ever since you came to our office . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I have n't been able to examine the body fully , ’ said Dr Lawton at once . |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't been able to speak of this matter with Dr Armitage yet , but I 'm sure she will co-operate . |
| 24 | I have n't been able to find a plausible answer , and Aria UK were n't letting on either . |
| 25 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I have n't been able to sleep because of all the worry . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's wonderful , ’ he said , ‘ I have n't been able to give her jewellery for a very long time . ’ |
| 28 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 29 | Please can you tell me the name of the director , because he also directed Such Good Friends , and I have n't been able to remember his name ? " |
| 30 | I bump into a lot of people at conferences , so I have n't been able to write formally to thank you for the meeting because I do n't want anything on the record then |