Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] n't been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I just happened to feel it because the wounds have n't been healing Doctor ,
2 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
3 ‘ These last two days have n't been easy for me . ’
4 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 .
5 Managers have n't been pleased but I 've done it .
6 Traditionally , those bathrooms for people with mobility problems have n't been attractive — available only in white and with various attachments that appear to be included as afterthoughts .
7 Things have n't been easy for Nora since your father died . ’
8 The northern lawyers have n't been slow to see the marketing potential of providing legal services close to home .
9 The programmers have n't been complete bar stools though , 'coz Steg does receive some help .
10 The results have n't been good .
11 ‘ Partly that , though I gather the police have n't been able to trace her whereabouts as yet .
12 The police have n't been able to trace her and we shall have to arrange an inquest — and of course the funeral , which she will naturally need to be concerned with . ’
13 If the streets had n't been wet , the scene would have been pretty dark .
14 If the streets had n't been wet , the scene would have been pretty dark .
15 It was hanging over the side of the quarry , and she might have missed seeing it if the handles had n't been bright-red .
16 Indeed , and to allow them to take that sort of action that they feel allows them , or enables them to express what they 're feelings are , but to assume that they can take the sort of action that we as adults have not been able to take , i.e. to find different ways and more mature ways of resolving conflicts is putting expectations on children that we as adults have n't been able to achieve ourselves .
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