Example sentences of "they have not be [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the large majority of our teenagers said they had not been taught the practical realities of avoiding AIDS until they were at least 15 . |
| 2 | He explained the British problem to the Germans by saying that the British people had been lied to — they had not been told the truth about what used to be called the Common Market and is now called the European Community . |
| 3 | Most temporary workers were fired as well as hired , and the implication is that if they had not been used the organisations concerned would have had to practise some other form of " hire and fire " strategy . |
| 4 | The second was that Winchester had a right of appeal under the Lautro Rules which they had not been afforded the opportunity of exercising . |
| 5 | But it found 14pc were kept waiting and some respondents said they had not been allowed the music or songs they requested . |
| 6 | In 1912 Eleanor Barton , a spokeswoman for the WCG ( albeit herself middle class ) , voiced the opinion that ‘ women suffer a great deal through their husbands ’ sensuality , and that is more evident amongst working people than other classes , simply because the conditions of life lend themselves to that sort of thing , and they have not been taught the proper uses of their bodies ' . |