Example sentences of "[noun pl] have n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even that seemingly most child-aware artist , Dick Bruna , says ( 1984 , p.43 ) , ‘ I 'm sure that if the books had n't been such a success , I would still be continuing in the same way . |
| 2 | I just happened to feel it because the wounds have n't been healing Doctor , |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | ‘ These last two days have n't been easy for me . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Managers have n't been pleased but I 've done it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Things have n't been easy for Nora since your father died . ’ |
| 9 | The northern lawyers have n't been slow to see the marketing potential of providing legal services close to home . |
| 10 | My sausages had n't been all that satisfying , and I was feeling hungry again . |
| 11 | The programmers have n't been complete bar stools though , 'coz Steg does receive some help . |
| 12 | The results have n't been good . |
| 13 | ‘ Partly that , though I gather the police have n't been able to trace her whereabouts as yet . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | By now he and Twoflower were on horseback — mounts had n't been that hard to obtain . |
| 16 | If the streets had n't been wet , the scene would have been pretty dark . |
| 17 | If the streets had n't been wet , the scene would have been pretty dark . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |