Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [not/n't] been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In times past , Shiptonthorpe has not been lacking in interesting characters . |
| 2 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |
| 3 | Juventus manager Giovanni Trapattoni confirmed last night : ‘ David has not been playing at the top level recently because of a knee condition . ’ |
| 4 | Weary of Israel 's ceaseless importuning , it recently produced a long and scholarly ‘ confidential report ’ which concludes that , since Arafat told the UN General Assembly last December that he recognised Israel 's right to exist and ‘ renounced ’ terrorism , the PLO has not been speaking with ‘ forked tongues ’ and its declarations have ‘ for the most part been consistent , regardless of the media in which they appear . ’ |
| 5 | It is right to say that the applicant asserts that since that time Mr. Tee has not been associated with the running of Winchester 's business , although of course on his own evidence he was the majority shareholder in that company . |
| 6 | Hence in the present case Mr. Dennis had not been divested of his interest under the joint tenancy when his wife died . |
| 7 | The nursemaid felt a withdrawal of affection and was hurt , not noticing that the child was shrinking back from all emotional expression ; the hugs and kisses once lavished on Marie had not been transferred to Pamela . |
| 8 | And , the greatest guilt of all , if she had not been in Maisie 's house … if Maisie had not been tending to the birthing … then the fire would not have happened and that darling woman would be alive today . |
| 9 | When the post-Forum talks with the dialogue partners began on July 10 , China registered a protest over the Taiwan issue , leading to a statement , issued by the Forum secretariat on July 15 , to the effect that Taiwan had not been admitted as a full dialogue partner and that any talks in which Taiwanese representatives had participated had been held at the discretion of individual Forum members . |
| 10 | London Ambulance Service workers claimed the system crash last October led to people 's deaths , but yesterday 's document said an examination of 26 cases considered by coroners ' courts showed the LAS had not been blamed for a single death . |
| 11 | Therefore , he said , formal guidelines for Orkney had not been submitted to the committee . |
| 12 | But last night other umpires stressed that Oslear had not been sacked as chairman because of his battle to support Lamb . |
| 13 | Barbara Allsopp and her husband Alan have n't been seen for three days . |
| 14 | Marek Dabrowski , a former deputy finance minister in Poland and an adviser to the Russian government , takes the argument to its logical conclusion : comparison with Poland 's experience in switching from communism to capitalism shows that the ailments afflicting Russia have not been caused by the imposition of shock therapy . |
| 15 | Despite the abundance of reserves , coal production in the USSR has not been increasing at any significant rate . |
| 16 | If only Clive Rice had not been dropped by South Africa , maybe I could have persuaded the England selectors to give me a chance … |
| 17 | Witnesses in the car said Williams had not been driving at an excessive speed and had not been distracted in the moments before the car went out of control , said Mr Hardy . |
| 18 | Mr Robson has not been trained in more sophisticated and literal ‘ sign supporting English ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ See you tomorrow if Arthur has n't been sent to the Ostfront by then . |
| 20 | Credit rationing in the UK has not been favoured by The Conservative government of the 1980s and early 1990s . |
| 21 | Of course the influence of Buchanan has not been confined to Western Europe . |
| 22 | There are now few areas in the world where the impact of the TNCs has not been researched by someone and good examples of this type of study are Kowaleski ( 1982 ) on the Caribbean , Onimode et al. |
| 23 | The Chinese side had ordered that construction be halted until the project received China 's approval , saying that China had not been consulted on the matter , and expressing concern that it would place a financial burden on the new government after 1997 . |
| 24 | Erm the Japanese presence in the south was , was more just along the coast , they , they , they 'd taken the trading ports erm and they had some of the interior but on , on the whole south China had not been dominated by the Japanese , th th th their base was very much the north China plain and , and spreading across towards the communist areas . |
| 25 | The point he seems to have missed is that even if the BBC had not been outbid by Sky for coverage , it was , I think , unlikely that we would have seen ( a ) ball-by-ball-by-ball coverage ( not highlights ) during social hours on the following day . |
| 26 | Perhaps Auntie Flo had not been chosen at random . |
| 27 | At that time the Camargue had not been invaded by the tourists , who instigated the establishment of mournful-looking groups of tethered , bony horses in American-style corrals , souvenir stalls with gardien hats , and gaucho hats and Texan sombreros , little cotton peaked caps , with Mickey Mouse or pink flamingoes on them . |
| 28 | The resistance of Ulster had not been created by British Unionists and could hardly be said to depend on them , but the knowledge of support was certainly useful to Carson and Craig in giving their plans for rebellion an official look . |
| 29 | The 12 cider apple trees in the orchard at Lower House Farm , Yarpole near Leominster have n't been picked for 5 years . |
| 30 | ‘ Monsieur Gebrec has not been seen since nine-thirty this morning , ’ said Melissa . |