Example sentences of "'ve not been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The obvious highlight was Couples 's first major victory in the U.S Masters and the 33-year-old conceded : ‘ I 've not been close to that form since . ’
2 Other clients who 've not been sure about coming , actually find they quite like it and it 's not that bad and yes , they 'd like to stay !
3 You know you 've not been interested in sex for years . ’
4 I 've not been bad for a long long time .
5 We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day
6 For the future for erm , for record , we 've not been able in the past to know how people spoke only from books , dictionaries and try to describe how people said things , erm , but this is a living record and I 'm getting more and more embarrassed as the minutes go by and those of you who are doing drama this afternoon , anybody doing drama ?
7 ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do .
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