Example sentences of "they have n't be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They make the poor girls look as though they had n't been properly unpacked , as though they 'd been taken out of the box and someone had left half their wrappings on . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Or even if they had n't been well paid , ’ added Tealtaoich . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The cars parked on the end of the runway did n't help either , but Spencer says now that he would n't have made the runway even it they had n't been there . |
| 5 | But if they had n't been there , if they had been different kinds of men erm , I do n't think I would have been able to pick someone to be my husband or my partner who could be a decent father to my kids . |
| 6 | If they had n't been so excitable , they 'd have been as free as birds right now . |
| 7 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 8 | But then again , not really , if they had n't been THAT close all along anyway . |
| 9 | But it is nice if they are asked , sometimes it 's sometimes they are just expected to do and if they have n't been officially asked . |
| 10 | You said they have n't been round round do they do they tend to keep away from here so how did they react when you actually first |
| 11 | ‘ School governors have been given increasing responsibility in recent years , but they have n't been adequately prepared and as a result children have n't been properly protected against abuse by teachers , ’ NASWE general secretary Sue Allen told delegates . |
| 12 | Because of the weight of the tiles , you have to be particularly careful if you 're thinking of covering whole walls — there have been instances of large sections of tiles coming away from a wall because they have n't been properly fixed . |
| 13 | But they are aware of the situation on the hill and they have n't been yet . |
| 14 | And you know they have n't been up that long . |
| 15 | No they have n't been here at all . |
| 16 | They have n't been here ! |
| 17 | I mean we 've got to see it 's a wonder they have n't been on to us cos they 've stopped the er |
| 18 | They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel . |
| 19 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 20 | Since I 've bleeding asked for them they have n't been in , that was two weeks ago |
| 21 | They have n't been in for quite a while . |
| 22 | Yeah , no they have n't been before , they 've got a wedding this year . |
| 23 | They have n't been very helpful . |
| 24 | Whereas in America the unions have seen it as an intrusion on their rights to collectively bargain , even though they have n't been very active in trying to organise them themselves . |
| 25 | But she was a little worried when Inge told her , ‘ They have n't been back here , as far as I know . |
| 26 | If they have n't been there they will just not be able to relate to it . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah but they have n't been there to disconnect . |
| 28 | Then it 's necessary to re-view the lots to make sure they have n't been further damaged during the view . ’ |