Example sentences of "[pron] have not [been] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes I wish I had n't been born a Catholic , Joe . |
| 2 | ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’ |
| 3 | Unmet need was said to exist where there was a care option which had not been given a recent trial and had not been recently refused by the client . |
| 4 | It was easy enough to find Victorian and Edwardian houses which had not been changed a jot , but with houses of earlier periods it became increasingly difficult . |
| 5 | A smaller table was beside the desk with a high-backed typewriter , the sign of a junior executive who has not been allocated a personal secretary and must write his own memoranda . |
| 6 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 7 | ‘ We are walking out because we feel we have not been given a hearing , ’ Inkatha negotiator Joe Matthews said as he left the talks . |
| 8 | But there are grounds for scepticism : there has not been produced a clear coherent overall plan which places significant values , skills and , characteristics at the forefront of the curriculum . |
| 9 | Er but er they 've not been studied a great deal by |
| 10 | They 'd both been working for nearly two years , and all that time they had n't been paid a penny . |
| 11 | They had not been shown a repeat of the film — they had merely watched it in their minds . |
| 12 | Some have worked at Bentley pianos for forty years , but they have n't been offered a penny in redundancy pay . |
| 13 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
| 14 | However this is a claim made solely on the evaluation of the IBM team and it has n't been given a stamp from the National Computer Security Centre . |
| 15 | No this is just a pr it 's a private , it 's not an ex-rental one , i it really is in mint , it has n't been used a lot . |
| 16 | Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer . |
| 17 | Mayor 's chaplain Tony Rees was furious he had n't been refunded a £187 overpayment . |
| 18 | He 's not been given a legal decision , he 's passed an opinion , saying oh , this , this woman , was , you know , encouraging the man , and things like that , and that 's what gets people 's backs up , I think . |