Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’ |
| 2 | I and I took to Connor 's Quay as a sailing ship and I and then of course I had n't been much in sailing ships . |
| 3 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 4 | Oh , well I have n't been that way yet . |
| 5 | One fan said : ‘ I have n't been this wet since Pavarotti in the Park and at least the burgers were cheaper there . ’ |
| 6 | Eh , I have n't been this week . |
| 7 | ‘ Ah , yes — you see , it has n't been such a-long walk after all , ’ said Lady Selvedge . |
| 8 | It has n't been much of a week for my wife either ; she now sees little prospect of winning back even a beefburger space in the deep freeze . |
| 9 | ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour . |
| 10 | , I was going to get you trimmed this week , but it has n't been any warm weather has it , you would n't want your coat off , no . |
| 11 | It had n't been much of a picture for dreaming on . |
| 12 | It had n't been much of a job after all ; he had thought at first from the sound of it that it might mean travel , but it did n't . |
| 13 | It had n't been such a cold night , what had happened ? |
| 14 | It had n't been all that friendly to me , but I let that pass . |
| 15 | And it had n't been some unknown island wine with mystical aphrodisiac properties , had it ? |
| 16 | Even if he had n't been such a good-looking chap , he was , by any standards , the only eligible man around . |
| 17 | If he had n't been such a lousy husband I might not have got myself in so deep … ’ |
| 18 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |