Example sentences of "had not be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to now , the manufacturers had not been accounting for dismantling personal computers in their construction , so it 's still a very difficult process . |
| 2 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 3 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 4 | It turned out that he was a heavy drinker and smoker , who had not been running for about the last 20 years . |
| 5 | Although fitted with an alarm courtesy of the Venice in Peril Fund , this had not been working for some time . |