Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] n't been " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was quite aware of my childish misdemeanours , but I had n't been to confession since I returned from Egypt , and I thought he would be profoundly shocked by what I should have to tell him . |
| 2 | Then he said , ‘ This probably is n't the right time to say this , but I have n't been totally honest with you … . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to . |
| 4 | I got the woman who comes in to clean the hall and stairs to go up and wash off the floors but I have n't been up there myself since the fuzz left . |
| 5 | ‘ But I have n't been able to think of an excuse for getting in touch with her , ’ she admitted . |
| 6 | Well we are a bit of a lively bunch but I have n't been banned yet … touch wood ! |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 8 | Yes I am at the moment , I , I 'm the highest earner at the moment and I 'm on the highest grade but I have n't been there the longest . |
| 9 | I used to be , but I have n't been for a long while I used to we ca n't say that I was there last year but |
| 10 | Yes , but I have n't been to work today . |
| 11 | But I have n't been able |
| 12 | But I have n't been up to cla Clarendon Road for some time now . |
| 13 | Then , and so then but I have n't been seeing Mrs . |
| 14 | ‘ She said your name was Juliet , but you had n't been registered yet . |
| 15 | When , when I see he come back I thought never , he ai n't been up Kingswood already , but you have n't been up Kingswood . |
| 16 | No , you landed on it but you have n't been round once . |
| 17 | But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears . |
| 18 | But she had n't been a hardnosed grubber after facts ( or compiler of falsehoods , for that matter ) . |
| 19 | Mrs had got home in her jeep with just chauffeur and one extra bodyguard , defying the pleas of the other wives , some half an hour after Kaptan and I had left with the Corporal , but she had n't been able to get the Colonel on the military net for nearly two hours after that . |
| 20 | She 'd known that it was childish behaviour on her part , but she had n't been able to help herself . |
| 21 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 22 | But she has n't been well . |
| 23 | But she has n't been in touch with her colleagues for four months . |
| 24 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
| 25 | was actually going to get the information for tonight but she has n't been able to and I have n't seen her . |
| 26 | I was indeed rather dubious about the whole idea , but we had n't been getting very far and there seemed to be no harm in just finding out some more about it . |
| 27 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 28 | ‘ But we have n't been taught anything about relationships . |
| 29 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
| 30 | Many feminists have become uncomfortable with this idea , but we have n't been able to find any other argument that did n't immediately pose a threat to our basic position that women must control their own bodies . |