Example sentences of "but he [verb] n't been " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had n't been at the PCC because of recovering , still , from the flu . |
| 2 | Peter was a poor salesman , but he had n't been at DPR quite long enough yet to get sacked . |
| 3 | He had farmed the child out , of course , but he had n't been able to quell the fear that somehow she might intrude upon his future . |
| 4 | He had been over twenty before he had even found out about it but he had n't been old enough to dare ask his grandmother how it had been and how she had felt and what they had talked about . |
| 5 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
| 6 | But he had n't been nude . |
| 7 | He did n't love her , of course , not that she expected him to , but he had n't been backward in the lovemaking department , had he ? |
| 8 | But he had n't been out in the |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I do n't know why but he has n't been the same player since coming back from Wembley . ’ |
| 10 | Another fine prospect is Adrian Davies , the Cambridge University captain , but he has n't been blessed with much luck recently and I hope his experiences in Australia , when some of his team-mates threw in the towel , will not have destroyed his confidence . |
| 11 | ‘ But he has n't been anywhere near our place , or tried to see Anna . ’ |
| 12 | But he has n't been heard from since . |
| 13 | But he has n't been able to forget what happened . |
| 14 | Er , yes that was David , Robert has n't , Robert 's coming next weekend , but he has n't been here for a few weeks |
| 15 | Yes , but he has n't been for ages has he ? |
| 16 | But he has n't been right |
| 17 | no , but he has n't been able to because he has to come round but he 's all ra ra ra ra , whistle whistle whistle . |
| 18 | Dave , Steve Davis has had a terrible you know , preliminary start to the season , this is the start of the official season , but he has n't been playing very well at the moment . |