Example sentences of "n't been [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 2 | He had n't been listening to the worried discussions behind him . |
| 3 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |
| 4 | They had n't been working on the slate face , they had n't worked any slate , but they were doing all right on the tables , you know on the sawing the slate up for the others . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to see a sports psychologist because I have n't been focusing on the job and I must become more positive . ’ |
| 6 | We 've been quoting Morrissey repeatedly from a Record Mirror interview and he has n't been talking about the pain of youth , the imagery of sixties films or the perception of Oscar Wilde . |
| 7 | ‘ Mike , ’ he said , ‘ I wonder if we have n't been starting from the wrong end . |