Example sentences of "not been [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly he had not been expecting a confrontation . |
| 2 | It was obvious from the way the staring eyes blinked , both Pairs together , that they had not been expecting an answer . |
| 3 | He had not been expecting the change in subject . |
| 4 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I have not been using a dust-pan . ’ |
| 5 | The four tenants had actually been paying their rent , but the landlord had not been using the money to pay off his mortgage . |
| 6 | all you have , all you have to say to him is dad 's back at work , he 's not been using the telly |
| 7 | Over the past 20 years , there has been a growth in the number of these schools , because many parents have felt that governments have not been providing the quality of education once found in grammar schools , and are willing to forgo expensive holidays and luxuries , in order to provide the education they want for their children . |
| 8 | Your worships , those are the circumstances I would ask you to bear in mind that this man a ha , has four summonses against him purely as a result of really ignorance as far as purchasing documents is concerned they were in order and erm he would of produced them had he realised what the officer was saying to him and er , that he would of realised had he not been suffering the shock , but he was actually sufferance suffering at the er at the time of the accident . |
| 9 | They were in order and erm he would have produced them had he realized what the officer was saying to him and er that he would have er realized had he not been suffering the shock that he was actually shuff suffering at the er at the time of the accident . |
| 10 | For some reason , although she had not been doing the cooking , this made Lydia feel like Lucretia Borgia . |
| 11 | I do hope my son has not been making a nuisance of himself . ’ |
| 12 | The pair of them had probably not been having an affair for long — only perhaps after Kemp 's long infatuation with the semi-permanently sozzled Sheila had begun to wear off . |
| 13 | In other words , he had not been attending the kirk . |