Example sentences of "not [verb] been [vb pp] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evolution of such a plant could not have been achieved at a single stroke . |
| 2 | He had been ill for many months and his five-year term would not have been renewed at the National People 's Congress which starts on Monday . |
| 3 | Others were part of basic research on living tissue , and their benefits could not have been realised at the time . |
| 4 | The defect in any case may not have been known at the time of the sale . |
| 5 | In a later case in which service had been attempted in Belgium , the Belgian Central Authority certified that service had proved impossible , the defendant not having been found at the address given . |