Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] n't [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents and I had n't been on good terms for some time . |
| 2 | They belonged to a club I was n't qualified to join , they were at a party and I had n't been asked . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ A party and I had n't been asked … had n't been asked . ’ |
| 4 | More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I had n't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil . |
| 5 | I 'd just arrived , and I had n't been up to the village yet , or seen anyone . |
| 6 | Michelangelo , da Vinci , Bellini , Caravaggio , Bernini — half the world 's art treasures in one country , and I had n't been able to travel beyond the walls of the Victoria and Albert . |
| 7 | And I had n't been out of bath long I says do n't knock on my bastard door again I said , I 'll wring your neck . |
| 8 | I thought that once , when I did my first removal because the boss was away , and I went to a house wh and they had more more mirrors in that house than I s ever seen since , and because I was only learning and I had n't been taught I put all the other furniture in and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors till at the end there was so much furniture in there was n't room to put the mirrors on the floor and I had to come back a second time to actually do that because I did n't dare put them anywhere else . |
| 9 | It was just as well because the back boiler in the kitchen split in two about fifteen years ago and I have n't been able to light a fire in the grate since . |
| 10 | I 've seen the laws in action and I have n't been too impressed . |
| 11 | ‘ But obviously you ca n't have the confidence unless you keep winning , and I have n't been winning since April when I started struggling with injury . ’ |
| 12 | Please can you tell me the name of the director , because he also directed Such Good Friends , and I have n't been able to remember his name ? " |
| 13 | ‘ I got back about six-thirty and I have n't been out again . ’ |
| 14 | It 's 1,000 years old and I have n't been diving that long to make a find like that . |
| 15 | So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic . |
| 16 | And I have n't been doing it . |
| 17 | I 'm supposed to , watching me diet and I have n't been eating roast potatoes |
| 18 | My mum washed mine at the weekend and they 're in a pile on my floor and I have n't been arsed so I 'm just sleeping on the mattress with the bare duvet . |
| 19 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 20 | He was quite aware of my childish misdemeanours , but I had n't been to confession since I returned from Egypt , and I thought he would be profoundly shocked by what I should have to tell him . |
| 21 | Yes I am but I do n't being as far away as I am |
| 22 | Is that maybe the other side , but I do n't be Wendy 's side . |
| 23 | Then he said , ‘ This probably is n't the right time to say this , but I have n't been totally honest with you … . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to . |
| 25 | I got the woman who comes in to clean the hall and stairs to go up and wash off the floors but I have n't been up there myself since the fuzz left . |
| 26 | ‘ But I have n't been able to think of an excuse for getting in touch with her , ’ she admitted . |
| 27 | Well we are a bit of a lively bunch but I have n't been banned yet … touch wood ! |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 29 | Yes I am at the moment , I , I 'm the highest earner at the moment and I 'm on the highest grade but I have n't been there the longest . |
| 30 | I used to be , but I have n't been for a long while I used to we ca n't say that I was there last year but |