Example sentences of "had not been [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sigsworth had not been receiving any medication at the hospital to help him over his withdrawal .
2 She had not been receiving any fertility treatment and it was only after a routine scan that all was revealed .
3 If Rosemary had not been suffering any stress that night , though , it was not long before the situation which had begun with Travis Hepwood became stressful .
4 But the CLE had not been practising racial discrimination .
5 Surely he had n't been using that tone with her a moment ago ?
6 But no , she had n't been wearing that dress , of course she had n't .
7 What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid .
8 Well at least she 's , he had n't been doing enough work somehow !
9 She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side .
10 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 ’ .
11 She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play .
12 ‘ I knew you had n't been paying any attention .
13 Pavel knew that he 'd not been the best company but then , they had n't been treating this job as anything particularly special .
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