Example sentences of "have not [adv] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But the company has not simply been tinkering with cosmetics without a thought for the cars themselves . |
2 | Perhaps because she had not previously been living in London , Moira observed precisely what it was that dozens of well-bred young ladies were enthusing over ; the long pin-tucked nightdresses , which no one else was making , to wear as day or evening dresses . |
3 | Approximately one year after their initial interview , a further interview was sought with the principal carers whose relative was still alive ( though we did interview a sample of those whose relative had died ) and who had not already been living in an institution at the time of the first carer interview . |
4 | Except for the few who tended , from time to time , to inconvenience the landlord by dying there , passing so imperceptibly that it sometimes went unnoticed for an hour or two , from a state which had not really been living at all . |
5 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Fenella , who had not really been thinking in terms of armies and battles quite so definitely as this . |
6 | Moreover , these capital transactions have not always been stabilizing in the manner assumed by some proponents of floating exchange rates . |