Example sentences of "[verb] n't been the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said : ‘ I do n't know why but he has n't been the same player since coming back from Wembley . ’ |
| 2 | Mavis has done her best , but it has n't been the same . ’ |
| 3 | well we used to come in here before went and that has n't been the same at night cos it got a bit so he 'd say excuse me , love there 's ladies present here ca n't have that . |
| 4 | Being a West Indian spinner in recent years has n't been the safest of occupations , but Roger Harper played throughout the 1984 series . |
| 5 | The literati and the US army had n't been the only imports into Europe from across the Atlantic . |
| 6 | She had n't been the only one to be quietly expelled from the eminently respectable boarding school after being caught smoking cannabis . |
| 7 | Vanessa had n't been the first woman to indulge his taste in hand-made shirts and silk waistcoats , nor would she be the last . |
| 8 | It had n't been the greatest operation anyway , because it seemed that Jenner and Professor Liawski had some big argument around ‘ seventy-nine . ’ |
| 9 | But perhaps they had n't been the righteous . |
| 10 | It had n't been the best of weekends . |
| 11 | So OK , she had n't been the best dinner companion in the world that evening , but she had n't asked him to take her out , he had asked her . |
| 12 | Those shoes , they had n't been the running kind . |
| 13 | That had n't been The Last Straw ; far from it . |
| 14 | The elation he 'd felt the day before at his own breathtaking adventure with the Moi girl now also seemed suddenly shameful to him , and he began to wonder if his exaggerated pride in the deed had n't been the direct cause of the danger in which he and his mother had suddenly found themselves on the plain . |
| 15 | But we have n't been the only ones to combat that , there have been white lesbians as well who have taken offence at that particularly say working class white lesbians or white lesbians with disabilities who have also felt that particular issues affecting them have been marginalised . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh yes , there have n't been the spectacular rises of the first few years , but we could guarantee a growth figure which more than copes with inflation . |
| 17 | They have n't been the sole centre of attention — no one is . |
| 18 | ‘ I know I have n't been the perfect father , but hell , you have n't been the perfect mother either . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I know I have n't been the perfect father , but hell , you have n't been the perfect mother either . ’ |
| 20 | Yes , things have n't been the same since Fred fell down the cellar steps and broke his neck " |