Example sentences of "have [not/n't] been [v-ing] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had not been chasing that gipsy woman I could have gone to the party and chased Leila . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You told me you had n't been using any different chemicals , Bob . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If she had n't been screaming all that nonsense at the top of her voice , it would never have happened . |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't been having any nasty suspicious thoughts … ’ |
| 5 | They have n't been fighting all these years to get rid of communism to see it re-emerge again so you , the confusion continues , as it is in Russia , and then you insinuate the idea that , with the breakdown of social order and so on , you must have a strong man , you must have strong arms and that 's where your Hitlers and your Mussolinis and all these people come through in that little vacuum in between of disorder . |