Example sentences of "[noun sg] has n't [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former Old Trafford favourite has n't been idle since a knee injury forced him to quit the game nearly two years ago . |
| 2 | Our luck has n't been that hot so far . |
| 3 | And because the horse has n't been upset , it is more likely to be co-operative next time it is to be shod . |
| 4 | Ms Mackenzie first approached the Environmental Committee last May , but so far the result has n't been encouraging . |
| 5 | But this kind of razamatazz has n't been necessary for the XJ220 . |
| 6 | They 're angry the motor racing team has n't been able to improve on the reportedly £7million offer to tempt him back . |
| 7 | The win was a good one , in a season when confidence has n't been high . |
| 8 | Bardsley put his teacup down and said in a melancholy voice , ‘ I was thinking of taking him into partnership , but business has n't been that good lately . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 10 | His behaviour has n't been odd and speaking to his cell mate this morning it seems that he did n't speak to very many people either . |
| 11 | The problem 's arisen because surface water has n't been able to drain away . |
| 12 | The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . |
| 13 | But when you consider today 's high prices , should we have to pay more — especially when the service has n't been good ? |
| 14 | The season has n't been kind to Somerset 's Ricky Bartlett . |
| 15 | I 'm afraid this last week has n't been wonderful for , for practice . |
| 16 | Our path together in life has n't been easy — there was very little support available for parents whose babies were diagnosed brain damaged in Australia in 1980 . |
| 17 | Life has n't been easy for Patsy McGowan 's troops of late . |
| 18 | Despite two written letters to er the District General Manager , that report has n't been forthcoming . |
| 19 | But the year has n't been all doom and gloom . |
| 20 | Cockney ruffian culture has n't been able to progress on the swaggering menace , social quirks , pithy observation and deranged vignettes detailed in the impressive collection of tunes played out here under the giant M erected in Finsbury Park . |
| 21 | Dave Berrow , who has had committments to his Browing Starlets side which has cost him the chance to fish some possible points earning events , admits that the draw bag has n't been kind to him for quite a while . |
| 22 | There 's still one thing our technology has n't been able to improve upon though . |