Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb base] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would 've probably not 've been here if one had started to speak . |
| 2 | Coventry , however , claim the queues were caused by late-arriving supporters , and that there is no way Clarkson can have arrived at 2.15 and not have been in the ground by 3.10 . |
| 3 | British consumers will have to find £90m to meet the EC 's directives over the next few years ; might this large amount of money not have been better spent , say , in building hospitals and schools ? |
| 4 | Yet might there not have been some confused episode , something which , when Irina was much younger , had distressed her , appalled them both , something which neither of them in their childishness — for here Ludens saw Marcus as a child — had really understood ? |
| 5 | Could there not have been a misunderstanding ? |
| 6 | Brian felt that sleep need not have been too much of a problem : he could go to sleep , but the staff would not let him . |
| 7 | The people who decide whether to believe them or not have been able to check their own stocks quickly , to make sure no bombs or material are missing . |
| 8 | When a central government department is sued , it is usual to name the respondent as the Secretary of State who is constitutionally responsible for the conduct of the department 's business ; although , of course , the decision or action being challenged will more often than not have been made or done by someone other than the Secretary of State personally ; and in the case of a geographically decentralized department , such as the Department of Social Security , the challenged decision or action may have originated from any one of a large number of regional offices of the department . |
| 9 | In cases falling within this protected class , security given by the surety would , in certain circumstances , be unenforceable notwithstanding that the creditor might have had no knowledge of and not have been responsible for the vitiating feature of the transaction . |
| 10 | What this evidence suggests is a particular stage in the specialization of functions which , at still earlier stages , would — as in many comparable cases — not have been clearly distinguished . |
| 11 | She had seldom lied to her friend , but she knew that she could have described to her a proletarian custom whereby retired coalmen ate live eel-worms and not have been disbelieved . |
| 12 | Legislation has in fact been issued under general treaty powers which expressly states that it is intended to implement the Social Charter , such as Directive 91/533 on contracts of employment , which , since it was made under Article 100 which requires unanimity in the Council , must at the least not have been opposed by the United Kingdom minister . |
| 13 | Would the same result not have been obtained without the group ? |
| 14 | He was a man of great vision and he would , I feel , not have been greatly surprised that this old castle might one day be part of a seat of learning and a university , but he would I am sure have been very proud , that it carries his name ‘ Napier University ’ . |
| 15 | He would , perhaps , not have been so pushy and annoying to the other boys ; as that was the result of not being allowed to say what he felt in the past . |
| 16 | If it had n't have been for her I would n't have been taking so many exams . |
| 17 | Probably if it had n't have been for Sister Helen and I would have never have been able to b catch the at all because I never came to see a doctor . |
| 18 | And he would n't let me go at nine o'clock if he thought I had n't have been knackered and ready to fall down you know . |
| 19 | ‘ No , ’ she mumbled , sagging suddenly , so that if it had n't have been for his firm grip she probably would have sunk to the ground , ‘ I did n't think . |
| 20 | If it had n't have been for the policeman there would have been untold carnage . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't know why sh , had n't have been so dry to begin with . |
| 22 | Now Cocktail would have been a , been a bit dull if he had n't have been in it ! |