Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [verb] not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 2 | Although , erm you know , I I can remember the time when I have not been a , quite enjoyed having bread and butter and chips . |
| 3 | She in turn asked why I had n't been to visit her . |
| 4 | Very disappointed , I went to the Headmistress to ask why I had not been considered suitable . |
| 5 | I could n't understand why I 'd not been killed when there were so many others who … |
| 6 | Well I tell you why I have n't been buying currants lately cos they 've been so blooming expensive ! |
| 7 | Confronted with Donna 's exuberant wardrobe , she realized there were only two courses open to her : either she took it on the chin ( ‘ straight spine , old girl , ’ ) , or she slunk away and refused to answer the phone when Donna called to see why she had n't been met . |
| 8 | She was in a fairly emotional state , in that she 'd known nothing about the wedding , wondered why she had n't been told , and demanded the time and location of the ceremony . |
| 9 | Officers were last night trying to find her parents and discover why she had not been reported missing . |
| 10 | It turned out that our candidate , who came to address us one evening , knew my Aunt Kit and had the greatest admiration for her , even though he also knew that the only reason why she had not been offered another , safer constituency after 1945 was that it had become too obvious she was unable to keep off the drink . |
| 11 | Oh I 'll tell you later why she 's not been sort of I 'll tell you in a bit . |
| 12 | Well that 's why she has n't been about you see . |
| 13 | why she has n't been to school she was in erm the . |
| 14 | All those nights when she had n't been able to sleep seemed to be catching up with her . |
| 15 | There was no awkwardness now , no face turned away , just the joy and exhilaration of love and flying where she had n't been before . |
| 16 | " He wanted to know why you had n't been to class lately . " |
| 17 | I thought that was why you had n't been round cos I never come |
| 18 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 19 | Mm , well th the answer to the first question is that , no we do n't have any authority to enter premises like that , where we have n't been invited unless somebody has identified a potentially dangerous condition . |
| 20 | The reason why we have not been able to debate the report is that we have had a great deal of other business to do . |
| 21 | ‘ While our batting has been good , the bowling has been steady rather than dynamic , which is why we have n't been bowling sides out a second time , ’ reasons Fraser . |
| 22 | The worst you got down here was strange sudden slithering movements in the shadows where there had n't been anything a minute ago ; crazed Vespan mechanics with tales of fabulous Frasque treasure abandoned in a bay near here , somewhere , just round the next bend ; gangs of Perk extortioners … |
| 23 | In case anyone is wondering why there has n't been any coverage of LASMO 's tournament-winning broomball team recently , it 's because there is no ice on the Broadgate rink . |
| 24 | Apart from that one time when Gloria went off instead to cheer the King , Dot could n't remember a day when they had n't been to visit whatever hospital he was in . |
| 25 | Parliament granted a tax of a sixteenth , and in return it was promised that the perambulations of Edward I should be confirmed , and that new perambulations should be made before Christmas in the forests where they had not been made in the previous reign . |
| 26 | I wondered who had abandoned them there and why they had not been removed . |
| 27 | But he was in a sense revivified : his heart withstood the weakening effect of his illnesses much better than it had done in the same period of the previous year , and this was the first winter for some time when he had not been forced to seek treatment in a clinic . |
| 28 | On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own . |
| 29 | Well for example one of the things , one of the consistent kinds of changes that seems to have occurred is an attempt to deny polytheism , but there are lots of places in the Bible where it has n't been consistent and where God on occasions speaks in the Bible erm as if other gods could exist , like I , I , I 'm the Lord , I 'm a jealous god . |
| 30 | Upon the accession taking effect , the Basic Law of the FRG … shall enter into force in the Länder of Brandenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and in that part of Land Berlin where it has not been valid to date , subject to the amendments arising from Article 4 , unless otherwise provided in this Treaty . |