Example sentences of "had n't be as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Arthur Andersen felt that we had n't been as strong on the commercial management as we should have been . |
| 2 | The interview with Georg , too , while unpleasant , had n't been as terrible as Suzi had feared . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It had n't been as bad as she had feared . |
| 6 | She was upset , but later reflected it had n't been as bad as it could have been . |