Example sentences of "not [been] [adj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Immediately she thought guiltily that if Betty had not been such a nice girl she would now remark acidly that a weasel had got it . |
2 | It had not been such a dull night after all , she mused , hoped Travis 's head would n't be too sore in the morning , then found that , whatever diversions might occur , once the excitement was over she was back to worrying about the wretched mortgage . |
3 | It 's not been such a great campaign for those formed by 1969 rather than 1968 ; in other words , for female journalists who were reared on Greer . |
4 | There has not been such a bad outcome for the professionals since the American election of 1948 when the pollsters confidently predicted a clear victory for Dewey . |
5 | And to my annoyance was added the realization that perhaps he had not been such a bad interrogator after all . |
6 | If he had n't been such a lousy husband I might not have got myself in so deep … ’ |
7 | It had n't been such a cold night , what had happened ? |
8 | Even if he had n't been such a good-looking chap , he was , by any standards , the only eligible man around . |