Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have n't been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I was thinking cor we say we have n't been doing very well , but look at that week there ! |
| 2 | Er and take into consideration er Act since nineteen eighty five but it does exist er and also tend to agree that we do need a , a , er transport policy which actually takes er into consideration all er members of transport but the main point about this and Chris actually raises the point , er he referred to shopping it if we support the terminal five erm planning application but we say it has n't been doing it , er on the consideration we get these other things which are on shopping list , then you are actually erm forcing the government that you have er , er and this integrated policy , the driving for in the long run . |
| 3 | because this , this , your friend , I mean you have n't been doing it long have you and she will only talk to you in French wo n't she ? |
| 4 | I actually went back upstairs and because , I mean although , I mean I was dancing and it was a late night , I had n't been drinking so , you know , although I was , I was tired , you know I had n't been drinking and erm so I actually felt erm wide awake |
| 5 | I know you have n't been doing any English and that , but erm , have you have you been doing much reading ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | " I know they have n't been coming to class regularly . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew you had n't been paying any attention . |
| 11 | ‘ Mother said she thought you have n't been looking too good lately — a bit peaky . ’ |
| 12 | Nah , I bet he has n't been working . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |
| 15 | At least he was n't going to pretend he had n't been talking to her . |
| 16 | I said I had n't been playing . |
| 17 | You said you had n't been painting . |
| 18 | and he said you know , he said they have n't been turning up at that chapel for them , when they 've preaching but you did n't crack on they knew anything about that but he just sort of said said no you know remain non-committal . |
| 19 | And they 've gone all , you see I have n't been eating them so they 've been in the fridge and they 've gone all soft . |