Example sentences of "it [vb past] n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Rune 's tone was bland , his expression suggesting that if it had n't been impolite he would have challenged her rash assertion . |
2 | It had n't been much of a picture for dreaming on . |
3 | It had n't been much of a job after all ; he had thought at first from the sound of it that it might mean travel , but it did n't . |
4 | It had n't been such a cold night , what had happened ? |
5 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
6 | It had n't been easy at first ; he was n't her father and all she remembered of her own father was blows and shouting . |
7 | It had n't been easy to break into the tough world of radio news reporting , not with her fragile appearance , which had always been such a handicap . |
8 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
9 | But it had n't been strong enough to make him say : |
10 | It had n't been all that friendly to me , but I let that pass . |
11 | It had n't been real . |
12 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
13 | It had n't been fair to hurl it at her . |
14 | And it had n't been fair of her to expect him to do so . |
15 | And it had n't been some unknown island wine with mystical aphrodisiac properties , had it ? |
16 | Nenna knew that , if it had n't been disloyal , Richard would have appealed to her to do or say something . |
17 | It had n't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife 's nagging to give the girl a break . |
18 | Forester had delivered the certificate and the other papers by hand to the country police station ; it was n't much more than a converted garage alongside the local man 's house , and it had n't been difficult to pick a time when it had been unattended . |