Example sentences of "he [verb] not been [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He has n't been specific yet .
2 But he has n't been right
3 I 'm pretty certain he has n't been married . ’
4 ‘ You know he has n't been unfaithful . ’
5 he has n't been sick
6 Yeah but he ha , maybe he has n't been dead that long has he ?
7 ‘ Since I became pregnant he has n't been interested in me ’
8 That was five years ago , and he has n't been able to face a strawberry since !
9 " It could just be he has n't been able to catch anyone . "
10 He has n't been able to contact the list since , so we 're not sure what became of him .
11 He says that his face was badly burnt and it 's meant he has n't been able to take part in his favourite game of rugby .
12 He has n't been able to tell his family much about the shooting .
13 But he has n't been able to forget what happened .
14 So the bedrooms and they 're not too bad because he has n't been able to do anything in the bedrooms the bedrooms are alright except that over the lintels in most of the bedrooms the plaster is is not right , it 's it 's flaking in great lumps and rippling and cracked something to do with the
15 well yeah , he has n't been able
16 no , but he has n't been able to because he has to come round but he 's all ra ra ra ra , whistle whistle whistle .
17 So far he has n't been wrong !
18 He has n't been humble , he has n't grovelled , he is deemed to be arrogant — if he is , it 's probably that inner confidence which has brought him through his ordeal with such sanity and poise .
19 I can tell by his face that he has not been successful .
20 His achievements as Labour leader have earned him respect and admiration , but he has not been able to appeal beyond the party in which he has made his life .
21 If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months .
22 The South African case remains interesting , and I asked my doctor friend for clarification , but so far he has not been able to get any further information .
23 Although he has not been able to cure it , he has found it possible to slow the disease down so that it stabilises , banishing the symptoms to allow the fish to grow and feed .
24 The pope acknowledges Oswiu 's conversion to orthodoxy and the Roman Easter , thanks him for the gifts he has sent but grieves that the bearer of these gifts had died in Rome , and regrets that he has not been able at the time of writing to find someone suitable to send as Wigheard 's replacement .
25 Or anything he has not been able to hush up .
26 I have given the Minister credit for what has been achieved , and I am disappointed that he has not been able to go further .
27 The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected .
28 The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected .
29 I hesitate to pronounce on the degree of tranquillity in his life , but since 1943 he has not been further than sixty miles from this spot .
30 Nevertheless he has not been slow to seize on the results of such paperwork and the publication of tables , which have shown Edinburgh 's research ranks in the top four British universities .
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