Example sentences of "had n't been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We paid over $50m for it , and that , for a small British company in those days going into a market where British companies had n't been notably successful , was seen as a very big commitment . |
| 2 | So he had n't been here this morning while she was forcing her way through the woods ? |
| 3 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 4 | It was n't much of a place , and Toby had n't been particularly happy there . |
| 5 | There was something else now ; something that had n't been immediately apparent to Cardiff , but had been seen by the others straightaway and which was causing them to back away from the wall . |
| 6 | It was she who had begged him to make love to her , she recalled , not the other way round , and , although he had n't been exactly reluctant , what man was going to turn down such a blatant offer ? |
| 7 | Agatha had n't been unduly concerned . |
| 8 | He had n't been seriously doubtful . |
| 9 | Her mother had n't been too pleased with Kevin as a son-in-law . |
| 10 | If I had n't been too dumb I could have come to Mars-U as well , then I would n't have been alone . |
| 11 | He had already put out feelers with local employers but they had n't been too keen on employing a well-known agitator ; even those who seemed sympathetic to the anti-nuclear cause did n't actually have work on offer . |
| 12 | He had n't been too well lately they said . |
| 13 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 14 | Laurence had given her some money which fortunately she had n't been too proud to accept . |
| 15 | It had n't been too bad , apart from people being cold and wet and getting eaten all the time . |
| 16 | And some of the great families had n't been too happy about nomes being able to go where they pleased , without having to ask permission . |
| 17 | For weeks he had pushed thoughts of her out of his mind , and it had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 18 | It had n't been too difficult at first . |
| 19 | Apparently the school dessert had n't been too popular with the children : the remains of the custard had been put out in a bin , and this had attracted that great opportunist , the starling . |
| 20 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 21 | ‘ Arthur Andersen felt that we had n't been as strong on the commercial management as we should have been . |
| 22 | The interview with Georg , too , while unpleasant , had n't been as terrible as Suzi had feared . |
| 23 | She had n't been as long in this job as her last one , yet she knew there was a positive danger that she might soon be scouring the situations vacant columns again . |
| 24 | Then she rode home feeling a bit ashamed that she had n't been as brave as she felt sure a proper Brownie ought to have been in face of danger . |
| 25 | It had n't been as bad as she had feared . |
| 26 | She was upset , but later reflected it had n't been as bad as it could have been . |
| 27 | To judge by his continued expression of smug amusement , it had n't been entirely successful . |
| 28 | And Pete , who had n't been entirely unaware of some of the paths that such a newly-founded relationship might follow , suddenly found himself shifting into back-off mode . |
| 29 | Maxim had n't been entirely wrong about the Fight Game . |
| 30 | So Guido had n't been entirely wrong , after all ! |