Example sentences of "[verb] n't been [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position . |
| 2 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 3 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 4 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 6 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 7 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
| 8 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 9 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |
| 10 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 11 | She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such . |
| 12 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 13 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |
| 14 | Mind you , it could have been cheaper if you had n't been in such a hurry . |
| 15 | If you had n't been in such a foul temper — ’ |
| 16 | I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’ |
| 17 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 18 | But it had n't been like that . |
| 19 | It had n't been like that , she wanted to howl . |
| 20 | It had n't been like any other seance I had ever seen … |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’ |
| 23 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
| 24 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 25 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 26 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 27 | For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance . |
| 28 | No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them . |
| 29 | So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it . |
| 30 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |