Example sentences of "n't be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Harry had n't been rushed off to the hospital with chest pains today , ’ he continued , ‘ then I 'd still be at a loss as to know what my only daughter gets up to when my back is turned . ’ |
| 2 | Well tha well oh well that 's alright , it was only that it 'd be I thought you said there was a place for your name and address that had n't been filled in by the computer so you filled it in ? |
| 3 | Back in the car G. repeats that the day has been typical except we have n't been called up on the radio and he 's been called up twenty-nine times in the last month . |
| 4 | Most of it has n't been turned over for years . |
| 5 | But in September Ninety Ninety two of these the pins had n't been locked back into place . |
| 6 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 7 | The house was n't run-down , either , but there were touches here and there betraying the fact 64 that it had n't been lived in for a couple of years ; the windows that were n't shuttered were n't clean , and there were weeds pushing up through the gravel . |
| 8 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 9 | You have n't been dragged off at all |
| 10 | Now angry frustration replaced satisfaction , and she experienced a little spurt of apprehension amid the bleak realisation that he had n't been speaking out of generosity after all . |
| 11 | Although the convention itself has n't been stripped out of the operating system entirely , the need for it has been all but eliminated . |
| 12 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 13 | Mrs Nicolson had n't been seen out for four months now . |
| 14 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 15 | And it has n't been pulled up on the airline ? |
| 16 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
| 17 | Rescrawling Tommy Titmouse on her list I was interested to see how long it had grown , and I noticed that even Mercer had n't been let in without signing . |
| 18 | It 's about the only thing that has n't been sold off to the Japanese — yet . ’ |
| 19 | They 're worried cash paid to the brokers has n't been passed on to the insurance companies . |
| 20 | Some others were fitted a few months ago but they have n't been wired up to the Economy meter and we dare n't use them because we would n't be able to afford the bills . ’ |
| 21 | I mean if if if you 've had your vehicle serviced and the sump plug has n't been put back in , then obviously you 've got a perfectly legitimate claim against the person that 's done the work . |
| 22 | It has n't been picked up on Unless the computer says there 's a suff It may be |
| 23 | No p what Peter said was , if it has n't been picked up by the lab and it 's an internal problem , it can be dealt with internally . |
| 24 | and he said you know , he said they have n't been turning up at that chapel for them , when they 've preaching but you did n't crack on they knew anything about that but he just sort of said said no you know remain non-committal . |
| 25 | This must be the first year when new rock boot models have n't been coming out of everyone 's ears . |
| 26 | But it seems to me she should n't be locked up in Broadmoor , she should be somewhere where it 's more supervision , but more freedom where she can walk around gardens and places like that , erm |
| 27 | But trampolining wo n't be catching on with the other animals . |
| 28 | So we wo n't be tied down to schools very much longer . |
| 29 | So the money , and a lot of money must be getting saved ee somewhere , so I do n't see any reason why that could n't be ploughed back into the , th th the benefit system . |
| 30 | If only Teddy or Richard had been spared from that terrible war , she would n't be cast out like this . |