Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I had not been fair to myself . |
| 2 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 3 | They found it had not been modified in any way and could not operate on the 27–28 MHz frequency ( the FM Citizens ' Band ) . |
| 4 | I made one last effort to see if my parachute was still there , and to my amazement and relief found it had not been torn off after all . |
| 5 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
| 6 | Apart from making a number of impressive black and white studies of the rugged terrain , he also photographed local people , always on the look-out for strength and dignity in their faces that showed they had not been eroded by the harsh circumstances in which they lived . |
| 7 | The directors , who claimed they had not been consulted properly about the scheme , agreed to continue to run their buses to the estate for a trial period when the humps are introduced . |
| 8 | Matthew was sent off to the yard , but Riddle was n't there and Matthew reckoned he had n't been there . ’ |
| 9 | He apologized when he was close enough , because he guessed he had n't been able to hear Lavinia calling to him above the noise of the Suffolk Punch . |
| 10 | At which poor Jack Rogers — a former bricklayer and union leader , and the member of the executive taking the can back as he replied to the debate — innocently protested they had n't been drunk , they had n't even had a cup of tea . |
| 11 | ‘ This morning you discovered they had n't been with Peter Leary as they 'd told us . |
| 12 | When she heard that a particular decision had not yet been implemented she telexed Moira , complaining : ‘ BA would be very annoyed if he heard it had not been done . ’ |
| 13 | She presumed there had not been enough news in the letter to compensate for its late arrival . |
| 14 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 15 | It reminded Franca of some old happiness ; and she thought I have n't been really happy since that very first day when he said there was someone else but I was n't to worry . |
| 16 | Today had been the first time since he died she had not been tortured with thoughts of her Anthony . |
| 17 | I felt she had n't been thinking about Charlie at all — except as an inspiration — but that , like me , she 'd been dwelling on what she might do in the world . |
| 18 | One teacher I interviewed in my middle school study , for instance , felt she had not been well treated in the reorganization to a middle school set-up and had resisted the head 's attempts at change ‘ We do n't , some of us do n't change so easily ! ’ |
| 19 | I knew she had not been asked to the service at which her husband 's ashes were placed in the Spencer vault . |
| 20 | I knew she had n't been in the garden , I would have been able to smell her . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew you had n't been paying any attention . |
| 22 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 23 | ‘ Mother said she thought you have n't been looking too good lately — a bit peaky . ’ |
| 24 | Bosses insisted she had not been shunted sideways , but insiders said management was making her ‘ more and more agitated ’ . |
| 25 | With her customary curtness , Camilla insisted she had not been told in advance about the announcement . |
| 26 | Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off . |
| 27 | But Mr Davidson felt they had not been unfair in their treatment of him . |
| 28 | Lord Aldington insisted they had not been lied to , but they would not have got into the trucks if they had known they were going to Yugoslavia . |
| 29 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |
| 30 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |