Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 2 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 3 | ‘ The horses have not been running well for three or four months , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I can not imagine why the Conservatives have not been campaigning harder on this issue . |
| 5 | She had n't been looking forward to this session ; yet , deep down , there was a contrary twinge niggling at her sexuality that insisted she might enjoy it . |
| 6 | 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 . |