Example sentences of "n't [been] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Harry had n't been rushed off to the hospital with chest pains today , ’ he continued , ‘ then I 'd still be at a loss as to know what my only daughter gets up to when my back is turned . ’ |
| 2 | Well tha well oh well that 's alright , it was only that it 'd be I thought you said there was a place for your name and address that had n't been filled in by the computer so you filled it in ? |
| 3 | Back in the car G. repeats that the day has been typical except we have n't been called up on the radio and he 's been called up twenty-nine times in the last month . |
| 4 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 5 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 6 | Although the convention itself has n't been stripped out of the operating system entirely , the need for it has been all but eliminated . |
| 7 | And it has n't been pulled up on the airline ? |
| 8 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
| 9 | It 's about the only thing that has n't been sold off to the Japanese — yet . ’ |
| 10 | They 're worried cash paid to the brokers has n't been passed on to the insurance companies . |
| 11 | Some others were fitted a few months ago but they have n't been wired up to the Economy meter and we dare n't use them because we would n't be able to afford the bills . ’ |
| 12 | Sarella spoke all on one tone , trying to pretend she had n't been knocked sideways by the sudden intensity of Marc 's mood . |
| 13 | No p what Peter said was , if it has n't been picked up by the lab and it 's an internal problem , it can be dealt with internally . |
| 14 | The announcement of the new deployment came from the Gulf , from where our defence correspondent Paul Maurice reports : four landing ships have n't been used operationally since the Falklands War ; then Sir Tristram was badly damaged at Port San Carlos and at Fitzroy where her sister ship Sir Galahad was destroyed with the loss of more than fifty lives . |