Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [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 | She had n't really been listening to the talk last night , but there had been — what ? |
| 7 | Moreover , these capital transactions have not always been stabilizing in the manner assumed by some proponents of floating exchange rates . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 9 | Erm I have n't actually been listening to the programme I was asleep I 've got to be honest . |