Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [been] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he had n't been here this morning while she was forcing her way through the woods ? |
| 2 | and I had a very sheltered life , I was an only child , I had n't been around much , I had n't stayed away from home erm and I came to Suffolk to visit a girl penfriend who was working at Brandeston Hall and erm she at that time was expecting to get engaged to a chappy in the village here who was , and still is a friend of Hector 's and ours , and they did n't marry in the finish but she at that time wanted me to come up to Suffolk to see her and to meet this chappy who she thought she was going to marry and erm so , it was holiday from the art school where I was and I thought well why not ? |
| 3 | Because I had n't been around much , I had n't been away from home |
| 4 | There had n't been so much of that though the last few years . |
| 5 | See th history of the union is I mean er but er you know it 's a it 's a process is n't it in in a way the management have are probably really kicking themselves now for what 's happened you know I mean , their li latest statement is er , Well if there had n't been so much ou outside interference I 'm sure we 'd have been able to settle . |
| 6 | She said it looked as though Francis had n't been home all night and she was worried . ’ |
| 7 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 8 | He had n't been there that morning and now she had run him to earth in the café . |
| 9 | The black paint on the body was already peeling from the heat , though the Doctor guessed from the depth of the dust layer that it had n't been there more than a couple of days . |