Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] not been " in BNC.

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1 She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week .
2 Today had been the first time since he died she had not been tortured with thoughts of her Anthony .
3 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 .
4 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 ! ’
5 I knew she had not been asked to the service at which her husband 's ashes were placed in the Spencer vault .
6 I knew she had n't been in the garden , I would have been able to smell her .
7 Bosses insisted she had not been shunted sideways , but insiders said management was making her ‘ more and more agitated ’ .
8 With her customary curtness , Camilla insisted she had not been told in advance about the announcement .
9 Two days ago they said she had not been assaulted .
10 The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days .
11 She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water .
12 Sara wished she had not been so petty when Fairfax had called , and had let him go on thinking it was Matthew 's old family house .
13 After the incident , the infant had been taken into care but a sheriff held she had not been the victim of an offence and dismissed a referral to a children 's hearing .
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