Example sentences of "not [been] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly he had not been expecting a confrontation . |
| 2 | It was obvious from the way the staring eyes blinked , both Pairs together , that they had not been expecting an answer . |
| 3 | He had not been expecting the change in subject . |
| 4 | Certainly , this has not been yielding the same profits as four years ago , but the Japanese are not entirely absent from the sale rooms nonetheless , even though more often in order to sell than to buy . |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I have not been using a dust-pan . ’ |
| 6 | The four tenants had actually been paying their rent , but the landlord had not been using the money to pay off his mortgage . |
| 7 | all you have , all you have to say to him is dad 's back at work , he 's not been using the telly |
| 8 | IF ONE had not been reading the newspapers , listening to the radio , watching television and , above all , paying attention to the opinion polls , the election results would have come as no surprise . |
| 9 | Over the past 20 years , there has been a growth in the number of these schools , because many parents have felt that governments have not been providing the quality of education once found in grammar schools , and are willing to forgo expensive holidays and luxuries , in order to provide the education they want for their children . |
| 10 | If one of them had not been riding a white horse I would never have noticed them . |
| 11 | Your worships , those are the circumstances I would ask you to bear in mind that this man a ha , has four summonses against him purely as a result of really ignorance as far as purchasing documents is concerned they were in order and erm he would of produced them had he realised what the officer was saying to him and er , that he would of realised had he not been suffering the shock , but he was actually sufferance suffering at the er at the time of the accident . |
| 12 | They were in order and erm he would have produced them had he realized what the officer was saying to him and er that he would have er realized had he not been suffering the shock that he was actually shuff suffering at the er at the time of the accident . |
| 13 | For some reason , although she had not been doing the cooking , this made Lydia feel like Lucretia Borgia . |
| 14 | I do hope my son has not been making a nuisance of himself . ’ |
| 15 | Despite management optimism , the factory had not been making the goods to meet the profits required , said Mr Laird . |
| 16 | Readers who have not been following the series are advised to read Part 6 ( April , 1992 ) issue ) . |
| 17 | Those who have not been following the series are advised to read Part 1 ( November , 1991 issue ) since this gives certain background information about the National Curriculum and about this month 's topic which is information-transmission systems . |
| 18 | The pair of them had probably not been having an affair for long — only perhaps after Kemp 's long infatuation with the semi-permanently sozzled Sheila had begun to wear off . |
| 19 | Even when they have not been beating a religious drum , Western historians have been censured for their myopia in treating modern science as if it were an exclusively Western phenomenon . |
| 20 | In other words , he had not been attending the kirk . |
| 21 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
| 22 | Firelight had n't been expecting a baby ! |
| 23 | He had n't been expecting the I was certain . |
| 24 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 25 | Well I have n't been using the bus Sandra . |
| 26 | The dog that had jumped over the fence into Jubilee Wood had n't been wearing a collar . |
| 27 | She glanced at her left hand as if she 'd forgotten the fact , and was instantly ashamed to find herself wishing she had n't been wearing the showy diamond solitaire . |
| 28 | If Chris had n't been clutching a piece of leaf , would I have noticed a torn house plant ? some plants , like the aptly named deadly nightshade , do not reveal their effect until hours after ingestion , by which time it may be too late for effective treatment . |
| 29 | Gullible had n't been driving a great big lorry around the place and putting down rat poison . |
| 30 | He says the money has n't been following the patient . |