Example sentences of "not [adv] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it had not all been pretence . |
| 2 | The visit has not all been work orientated , however , as a visit to Loch Ness has been fitted in , together with sight-seeing visits to Dundee and Inverness . |
| 3 | Indeed , the view that unemployment and crime are related has not always been anathema to the Tories . |
| 4 | Madame had not always been Madame . |
| 5 | Even so , it is important to examine why there has not always been agreement on the value of reminiscence , and to place the value of reminiscence within the counselling process into perspective . |
| 6 | McWilliams is one of the most talented jump jockeys in the land but he has not always been flavour of the month and that 's a pity . |
| 7 | Marxist humanists still often consider structuralism simply as an attack on Marxism ; this theory would be more persuasive if so many structuralists had not also been Marxists . |
| 8 | After the hectic middle years , couples may renew or begin activities together for which there had not previously been time . |
| 9 | The sound of his low mocking laughter followed her as she took the stairs two at a time , desperate to be away from his gaze , all too aware that a scarlet flush had enveloped her entire body — aware too that the heat he had generated in her had n't only been embarrassment . |
| 10 | But it had n't simply been desire , she acknowledged painfully — desire she could have handled . |
| 11 | It had n't actually been Guy Sterne 's fault that he 'd barged in and found her naked in his bedroom last night , even if his mocking treatment of the incident had been grossly insulting … |