Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] have [not/n't] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although CPRW has not been prominent among the various warring groups who have fought to protect their interests over recent years , I assume we are concerned to see the river environment and its considerable amenity value protected . |
| 2 | Being quite intuitive , I did notice there was a funny tension between Ken Pitt and David and I thought that probably what had happened was that David had not been satisfied performing ‘ When I Live My Dream ’ with the old backing tracks , as he had been working with Tony Visconti and had all these new tunes and productions and ways of doing things in his head . |
| 3 | Although Valerie had not been present for any of the discussion among governors and teachers on the appointing committee ? her remarks were not all that far removed from what had transpired . |
| 4 | He stated that Bush had not been present during the Paris negotiations , but claimed that the Reagan delegation had included Casey . |
| 5 | Maxim hoped it sounded as if he were hiding something more than the fact that Blagg had n't been able to tell what they were . |
| 6 | It is no secret that Forster has not been popular , his vigorous preference for a radical brand of abstract cultural history being considered almost hostile to the Museum 's more object-based aims . |
| 7 | I knew that Niki had not been happy at Ferrari , that he found the pressure of the Italian press and of Italians in general something abhorrent , that he did n't like being attacked in that country 's three sporting dailies as a failure , and that he found the byzantine intricacies of Ferrari 's Maranello a bit hard to take . |
| 8 | That a Queen should rebel against the King her husband was something so unbelievable that Henry had not been able to bring himself to take Count Raymond 's warning sufficiently seriously . |
| 9 | Ana had loved the carving and Maggie had not been able to wait until after dinner to give it to her . |
| 10 | Hindsight says that if the Lotus mechanics had n't worked so hard and so efficiently and if Emerson had n't been able to race , Jackie Stewart 's two victories in the last grands prix of the season would have given him the championship . |
| 11 | And he 'd done the right thing in getting that wallet back to Blackbeard , because Blackbeard was horribly evil and would have come after them if Joe had n't been sensible . |
| 12 | It would have been far , far worse for Jason if Linford had not been present to counsel and comfort him . ’ |
| 13 | He knew that he could be an ice-cube at times — God knows , Beethoven , Mozart and Wagner had not been easy to live with either — and Alexia took the chill off him . |
| 14 | It is true that on one occasion , when asked if Gandhi had not been tiresome , he replied that ‘ Some people found Our Lord very tiresome ’ ; but in the context of general unsympathy it is difficult to know what to make of this very Irwinian rebuke . |
| 15 | But Lorton might have suggested it himself , if Dougal had n't been stupid enough to volunteer . |
| 16 | ‘ He and John have n't been able to strike up an amicable relationship since and David does n't seem to figure in the coach 's plans , ’ said chairman Robinson . |
| 17 | Immediately she thought guiltily that if Betty had not been such a nice girl she would now remark acidly that a weasel had got it . |
| 18 | Support for Levy and Reid has not been unequivocal . |
| 19 | Charlie had stopped by to speak to Josie as he 'd said he would , but Lucy had n't been present at the time . |
| 20 | But Madge had n't been pleased : she had n't shown any emotion at all when Marie looked round the door . |
| 21 | The school had fulfilled all the worst forebodings of the gentleman at Grubworthy and Sting , but Toby had not been unhappy . |
| 22 | But Allison has not been silent . |
| 23 | Frankie and Chopper were on Freddie 's heels , but Billy had not been able to keep up with them . |
| 24 | But Connors had n't been able to raise me . |
| 25 | But Shaw had not been well and Charlotte felt he urgently needed to be revived with country air . |
| 26 | A perfect day for fishing , but Luke had n't been able to find Tom Carey at the usual places . |
| 27 | Mr Payne had forbidden this because Eva had not been straightforward . |
| 28 | And what a stir it caused , too , ’ she added , quite as though Isabel had not been present . |
| 29 | It was , as Theda had not been surprised to find , up in the attics in the servants ' quarters . |
| 30 | ‘ Selene will go , ’ said Asshe , as though Selene had not been present . |