Example sentences of "not been [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Lane had been assisted by a woman police officer , Detective -Sergeant Phyllis Henley , a thickset girl , whom he had called in because she was an old friend or enemy of Roxie whose own life had not been without criminal excitements . |
2 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
3 | the , the chain sir the chain of logic and of course had it not been with one inter interposing there , had it not been for void restrictions , it would not have written , that 's when they were written , they were written only because of the restrictions that 's what enabled them to be written |
4 | Had it not been for seasonal visitors , the list of locally popular dishes would have been depressingly brief ; burned steaks , fried fish , and barbecued chicken . |
5 | Nathan had not been on enough flights to be anything but excited , and he was going north of the Arctic Circle for the first time . |
6 | All mechanical parts seem in very good order and the vehicle has not been in any accidents . |