Example sentences of "n't been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her . |
| 2 | I felt she had n't been thinking about Charlie at all — except as an inspiration — but that , like me , she 'd been dwelling on what she might do in the world . |
| 3 | I had n't been thinking about her that much , just a few times a day , and seldom imagined that I 'd glimpse her here or there on the street , on a bus , in the Superette , in the hospital , on a passing aeroplane five miles high . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The truth was that George had n't been thinking about anything except himself . |
| 6 | Dot had n't been thinking of her . |
| 7 | I had n't been thinking of stress or shock , I 'd been nursing a hangover . |
| 8 | McDunn nods slowly , slightly , a distant look in his eyes like he 's not really nodding at what I 've just told him ; has n't been listening to a word I 've said , in fact . |
| 9 | ‘ You have n't been listening to us . |
| 10 | ’ Oh , Bill , you have n't been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 11 | He had n't been listening to the worried discussions behind him . |
| 12 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |
| 13 | He 's gon na find it hard as well I think , but on the other hand they have n't been communicating at all , you know , it 's not like |
| 14 | ‘ I have n't been pretending to be in love with you this weekend . |
| 15 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
| 16 | It 's because Guido has n't been picking on me , she decided . |
| 17 | Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that |
| 18 | For a long time now , they have n't been looking at each other . |
| 19 | ’ You have n't been confiding in him , have you ? ’ |
| 20 | Had n't been bothering with them for a while , now . |
| 21 | I hope councillor has n't been puzzling about this question because I think she should have had adequate warning erm the cycling part of working party was agreed by city board on the ninth of on the seventh of December is to come to an end and such work has er relates to cycling within a new transport working party . |
| 22 | She had again unwittingly revealed her misgivings , for on the face of it we had n't been speaking of marriage . |
| 23 | Now if I had n't been poking around that shop and in an |
| 24 | Well , we had n't been wondering at all , we 'd come straight along the corridor , but of course he was speaking in a wider sense . |
| 25 | That striped blouse had n't been lying on top . |
| 26 | I hope everybody understands er , Alton Towers is launching its new things today , Chessington opened this weekend , so we have n't been trading until this weekend in effect in our parks business . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Do you remember that evening — I had n't been working for you for very long — and you gave me a lift home ? ’ |
| 29 | Well if you have n't been working for six months you are looking for a job , you are not unemployed . |
| 30 | They didn they ne had n't been working in a quarry all that long . |