Example sentences of "i have n't [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't been doing much baking lately . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't been sleeping well , lately . ’ |
| 3 | I have n't been very successful with my aubergines the last couple of years , as they keep being eaten by caterpillars . |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ said Lucy , ‘ I have n't been fair to you . |
| 5 | I have n't been in the least difficult about your doing all that sewing . |
| 6 | ‘ Amanda , I have n't been sleeping well . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |
| 8 | I have n't been to an organized campsite for perhaps fifteen years , so all this is new to me . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets . |
| 10 | I have n't been selling snide Rolexes for nothing , you know . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think I have n't been over every inch of that argument a million times ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 13 | Although I have n't been making records for the last six years , I have been working behind the scenes at Artists Against Apartheid , and me the Mandela concert last month , seeing that speech go out live on the BBC to all those people , was a culmination of all that work . |
| 14 | I decided then that I did n't want to be a martyr , and since then I have n't been near a hairdresser 's . |
| 15 | ‘ She went through a lot that I have n't been through . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't been to the boatyard yet . |
| 17 | I have n't been able to explain this to Dr Grossman , because he would n't understand , but you will understand , and I hope be happy for me . |
| 18 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 19 | ‘ I have n't been up top for some time , ’ he said . |
| 20 | When I asked him about the Galapagos T-shirt he was wearing , he merely snapped , ‘ No , I have n't been . |
| 21 | It reminded Franca of some old happiness ; and she thought I have n't been really happy since that very first day when he said there was someone else but I was n't to worry . |
| 22 | No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them . |
| 23 | ‘ And I think he may have found my jewel box upstairs , but of course I have n't been up there to see . |
| 24 | ‘ I have n't been able to get enough this Christmas to satisfy my customers ' needs . |
| 25 | ‘ I have n't been a river man all these years for nothing . ’ |
| 26 | I have n't been brave enough to write to a publication of any sort before , but it is one of my favourite pieces of music , and this is the greatest performance I 've ever heard ( and I mean of anything ) , so thanks for the opportunity . |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
| 28 | ‘ But Gary — I have n't been spying for you ! |
| 29 | Most important was losing inches off my hips , which I have n't been able to do before … . ‘ |
| 30 | It was just as well because the back boiler in the kitchen split in two about fifteen years ago and I have n't been able to light a fire in the grate since . |