Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former Old Trafford favourite has n't been idle since a knee injury forced him to quit the game nearly two years ago . |
| 2 | And because the horse has n't been upset , it is more likely to be co-operative next time it is to be shod . |
| 3 | Ms Mackenzie first approached the Environmental Committee last May , but so far the result has n't been encouraging . |
| 4 | But this kind of razamatazz has n't been necessary for the XJ220 . |
| 5 | ‘ Richard has n't been well , ’ I said , ‘ I 'd rather let him sleep . |
| 6 | The cashmere shawl had n't been expensive . |
| 7 | Angie had n't been asleep . |
| 8 | Charlie had stopped by to speak to Josie as he 'd said he would , but Lucy had n't been present at the time . |
| 9 | But Madge had n't been pleased : she had n't shown any emotion at all when Marie looked round the door . |
| 10 | She had reminded herself that once or twice recently Miss Poraway had n't been able to come because of her nasal complaint , and Mrs Blackham , who was at least efficient , had taken her place . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Léonie had n't been able to hush her . |
| 13 | I just happened to feel it because the wounds have n't been healing Doctor , |
| 14 | Gets you , the reason why helicopters have n't been able to do loop the loop unless they 've got a lot of height , is because , obviously it pulls you up |
| 15 | They 're angry the motor racing team has n't been able to improve on the reportedly £7million offer to tempt him back . |
| 16 | The win was a good one , in a season when confidence has n't been high . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 18 | Indeed argued in his nineteen forty seven document that the May the fourth directive ha dire directive had n't been thorough enough . |
| 19 | ‘ These last two days have n't been easy for me . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The problem 's arisen because surface water has n't been able to drain away . |
| 22 | The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . |
| 23 | Mr Hogan has n't been used to driving in the city traffic of recent years , and I had planned to go to Dublin to collect the samples of material . |
| 24 | But when you consider today 's high prices , should we have to pay more — especially when the service has n't been good ? |
| 25 | Why cut off one hand ? the Doctor wondered , before the reason struck him : the man must have carried a briefcase or similar object cuffed to his wrist , and his assailants had n't been willing to expend time on subtleties like lockpicking . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | We had spent most of the morning going through our kit , because a Rumanian and an Irishman had n't been able to pronounce one of the lines of a song correctly . |
| 28 | The crew had n't been able to knock in ( ‘ locate ’ , for the purposes of the Captain 's log ) the nose-wheel pin . |
| 29 | Hindsight says that if the Lotus mechanics had n't worked so hard and so efficiently and if Emerson had n't been able to race , Jackie Stewart 's two victories in the last grands prix of the season would have given him the championship . |
| 30 | Managers have n't been pleased but I 've done it . |