Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God you can tell that had n't been open for a while ! |
| 2 | She 'd intended to make a sharp retort , but even to her own ears her voice sounded tremulous , full of longing that had n't been satisfied . |
| 3 | and wild beyond er , that one boy who was and had n't been used to that sort of thing , for his father had kept a small cook stock his companion that unless he has another basin of gruel he was afraid he might , he might some night happen to eat , eat the boy he slept next to , who happened to be a weakly youth of tender eight and they , and they impeccably believed him . |
| 4 | Roy , who was about four and had n't been used to drinking out of a glass , took a bite at his and broke a chunk out of it . |
| 5 | I had a feeling they 'd been blocked off by the malais and had n't been able to go by the quickest route they wanted . |
| 6 | I remember that morning vividly as I was so nervous and had n't been able to sleep much the night before . |
| 7 | The first time because he had allowed himself to be called away in the middle of things and had n't been able to supervise the men properly . |
| 8 | The only other male in sight was about four years old and had n't been potty-trained . |
| 9 | I do n't like they 've both they 've worked as they 've gone along and have n't been scared to put colours in and things . |
| 10 | I last had one some five years ago , and have n't been able to get hold of one since . |
| 11 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 12 | I have the game and have n't been able to produce it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses but I picked up a bug in Germany at the weekend and have n't been able to shake it off , ’ explained world No13 McManus . |
| 14 | In other words , I 'd always known the ingredients but had n't been able to put them together . |
| 15 | Rory had looked very hard but had n't been able to decide which was the false eye . |