Example sentences of "have not [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She revealed that he had not been taking anti-depressant tablets prescribed by a doctor . |
2 | That he had not been misappropriating money or land for his own benefit was shown by his dire financial straits which led to his brief imprisonment as a debtor . |
3 | Married women who had not been receiving support from their husband when they were first interviewed , and were therefore not expecting support from him during subsequent crises , had a much reduced risk of depression if they received help from someone else whom they had named as very close at the first interview . |
4 | But Marie , although she had not been paying attention to his words , had been thinking , her mind wandering off along a track of its own . |
5 | For several years , she had not been attending school regularly but had instead been sent on provincial theatre tours , first with a dancing troupe and later as a violinist or actress . |
6 | Yeah , no , if you , if you 're supporting it colleague , we 've not been taking support in all , all week and indeed I know how important it is and we 'll , pardon ? |
7 | They 've not been making money for years though |
8 | But so far , that 's why I chitted at him this morning about that coal because I 've been using this all morning , I 've not been lighting fire till between one and three o'clock . |
9 | However , given that users in the hidden sector are slightly younger , and have not been using heroin for as long as the known users , it does seem highly likely that many more of these ‘ hidden ’ users will surface , either because of prosecution , pregnancy , physical illness or their own decision to seek help of some sort . |
10 | In recent years the courts have not been making compensation orders as freely as perhaps they might . |
11 | A sign of a good teacher that you know ask a student a question , point out to him that he 's not been paying attention . |