Example sentences of "he had [not/n't] be [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thin , pale , intense , he had not been speaking many minutes before we were electrified by this man . |
| 2 | Surely he had n't been using that tone with her a moment ago ? |
| 3 | He had been wanting reassurance for a long time and he had n't been getting any . |
| 4 | But if , if he had n't been doing that |
| 5 | Well at least she 's , he had n't been doing enough work somehow ! |
| 6 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 7 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |