Example sentences of "that i have n't be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 2 | What I did n't say was that I had n't been making love to her but to Alison , taking her from behind on the kitchen table , her rump high in the air and her toes squirming helplessly an inch or two off the floor . |
| 3 | It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city . |
| 4 | I knew that I had n't been kidding myself when he turned up one evening looking exhausted , miserable and defeated , to tell me his wife had threatened to start divorce proceedings . |
| 5 | I explained that I had n't been around as much as usual lately because I was pissed off with the way some people were behaving . |
| 6 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 7 | They could see by my record that I had n't been to prison before , did n't know the procedure . |
| 8 | I felt foolish that I had n't been prepared for the fact that his skin would be so bad or his teeth so deteriorated . |
| 9 | I could have got annoyed that I had n't been left on my own , but I had to admit that by myself I had only succeeded in getting sucked into my own sub-persona . |
| 10 | ‘ Melissa … ’ she hesitated and decided to go ahead ‘ … was just pointing out that I had n't been invited to your birthday party . ’ |
| 11 | I wished later that I had n't been so shy . |
| 12 | ‘ She went through a lot that I have n't been through . |
| 13 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 14 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 15 | Now I might forget some of them but , er , what about er , you , seeing as how your skill is one that I have n't been able to acquire yet , Jo how did you get to make the perfect quiche . |
| 16 | Just that I have n't been |