Example sentences of "[vb past] n't [been] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed that , psychologically , there had n't been much improvement in Tammuz since then .
2 There probably had n't been much dust lying around in a palace .
3 There had n't been many teddy boys in Knockglen , in fact no one could ever remember having seen one except on visits to Dublin where there were groups of them hanging round corners .
4 She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage .
5 When we had parked there had n't been another vehicle in sight .
6 The door had n't opened , but there had n't been another sound out of them for the rest of the night .
7 After 2 weeks , she reported back there had n't been any improvement but it turned out that she had bought herself some Arg Nit tablets as she did n't like the taste of the alcoholic water the LM was made up in !
8 There had n't been any cracks .
9 There had n't been any lapses in my security that I knew of .
10 There had n't been any time to find a new skivvy , and a skivvy was vital if the evening was to be a success .
11 ‘ He 'd have killed her if there had n't been any blood .
12 His desire to devastate our residential sector and close seventeen homes will be thwarted somebody over there , it may have been Mr it may not have been , said that there had n't been any redundancies .
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