Example sentences of "not been [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There has not been too much building to spoil the village , and the population has not greatly altered over the years , so it is a pleasant village in which to live .
2 One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims .
3 THERE has not been so much breast-beating in the cinema since Bernadette .
4 she said she was gon na ring me back , but you see I have n't been here this afternoon so I 'll perhaps ring again tomorrow .
5 So he had n't been here this morning while she was forcing her way through the woods ?
6 " He has n't been home all night , " I said , trying to keep the anxiety out of my voice .
7 She said it looked as though Francis had n't been home all night and she was worried . ’
8 And we have n't been out this week either
9 Well we 've been walking , I mean we ai n't been out this week .
10 Course I have n't been down that way for a while .
11 She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week .
12 He had n't been there that morning and now she had run him to earth in the café .
13 They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel .
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