Example sentences of "[pron] have not been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't understand why I 'd not been killed when there were so many others who … |
| 2 | I 'd not been thinking of us as boyfriend and girlfriend , you see . |
| 3 | ‘ Apparently I was furious I had not been consulted … |
| 4 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
| 5 | It became apparent very soon that I had not been employed because of my skills as a salesman . |
| 6 | If I had not been chasing that gipsy woman I could have gone to the party and chased Leila . ’ |
| 7 | I should not have discussed it at all if I had not been asked the questions . |
| 8 | It was holding a party to which I had not been invited . |
| 9 | I had not been thinking about him , I had not even seen him for months . |
| 10 | The market had been dense as a souk , tables heaved with cameras , yet I had not been tempted . |
| 11 | But I had not been raised to be merely decorative . |
| 12 | I had not been prepared for the volume of decisions I had to make . |
| 13 | I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun . |
| 14 | I was not given the run of the pavillon and I took it that , since I had not been extended this facility , I was not welcome to it . |
| 15 | When I first read Nairn ( it was published in 1987 ) I had not been contemplating Johnson : now , in the late sunlight coming through my bedroom window , I rushed to him and Boswell . |
| 16 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 17 | She was upset because I had not been allowed to rest on the drive . |
| 18 | The great bells of the abbey were booming and I idly wondered what would have happened to my life if Jack Hogg and I had not been taken . |
| 19 | Very disappointed , I went to the Headmistress to ask why I had not been considered suitable . |
| 20 | She said I had not been meant to have this until I was twenty-five , but since I was married and had a child , they had been able to break the trust . |
| 21 | Or if it had , I had not been told . |
| 22 | But I 've not been taking them for the last week . |
| 23 | I was on that , I mean I 've not been taking them all the time , I 've really only been taking them when I feel it . |
| 24 | ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’ |
| 25 | I 've not been given any instructions ! |
| 26 | I mean I 've got some indications in er a couple of books I 've got in the car , er but erm again I 've not been asked that question you know , what 's the bullion return , things like that , it 's , it 's a little bit out of the ordinary , but you can find the figures . |
| 27 | Well I 've been very good I 've not been phoning anybody else |
| 28 | I 've not been sleeping well since the house was ransacked , and it 's made me very edgy . |
| 29 | I 've not been allowed out of the wards , except under escort , that I owe to my father , I know . |
| 30 | I 'm very much aware I 've not been saying my name each time I 've been speaking but probably too late now . |