Example sentences of "we [verb] n't been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ours was a one-off Section in that we had n't been sent to Castelnaudary where things were reputed to be much easier , and where there was a spirit of prevailing moderation which had pervaded the Legion since Mitterrand had brought it into line with the rest of the French army . |
| 2 | They 've started recently , they d they did n't do it for years , we had n't been training anybody and that was unusual because when it was the big factory you were always bringing in the school leavers |
| 3 | We had n't been disturbed too much by Trippy . |
| 4 | She had again unwittingly revealed her misgivings , for on the face of it we had n't been speaking of marriage . |
| 5 | I was indeed rather dubious about the whole idea , but we had n't been getting very far and there seemed to be no harm in just finding out some more about it . |
| 6 | We had n't been getting on too well , you see . |
| 7 | Jennifer had been restless and we had n't been getting on very well . |
| 8 | It could have been turned away if we had n't been told . |
| 9 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 10 | The way I put it was intentional and I think if we had n't been sitting in full view of some dozen of the hotel 's guests he would have hit me . |
| 11 | Well , we had n't been wondering at all , we 'd come straight along the corridor , but of course he was speaking in a wider sense . |
| 12 | And er er sort of phone call one afternoon at half past four from the deputy , oh by the way , in fact if we had n't been talking to any Brummies on a we would 've been interviewing people and telling them that they 'd got a three year and these are all points that are gon na be brought up next week , but I do n't see there is any possibility of them doing an about turn because they 've gone public on it . |
| 13 | ‘ But we have n't been taught anything about relationships . |
| 14 | Trouble is , down at the dra , they 're dry we have n't been watering them for |
| 15 | JUST because we have n't been seen in LINK for a while — it does n't mean its been quiet at Crediton ! |
| 16 | Back in the car G. repeats that the day has been typical except we have n't been called up on the radio and he 's been called up twenty-nine times in the last month . |
| 17 | Mm , well th the answer to the first question is that , no we do n't have any authority to enter premises like that , where we have n't been invited unless somebody has identified a potentially dangerous condition . |
| 18 | ‘ While our batting has been good , the bowling has been steady rather than dynamic , which is why we have n't been bowling sides out a second time , ’ reasons Fraser . |
| 19 | After all , it 's not as if we have n't been forewarned . ’ |
| 20 | We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now . |
| 21 | Thank God we have n't been bombed , and Theresa has n't had to put that gas mask on the baby . ’ |
| 22 | We have n't been getting on too well lately . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We have n't been thinking anything of it — that load of prats . |
| 24 | Skipper Adams was equally guarded , but said : ‘ We 're playing good football and we have n't been turned over this season . |
| 25 | No , we have n't been told at all , have we ? |
| 26 | ‘ It 's simply that while we 've been playing well in possession , we have n't been doing the job when the opposition have had the ball . |
| 27 | and I was thinking cor we say we have n't been doing very well , but look at that week there ! |
| 28 | Miriam : Yes , but you must remember that through the efforts of the older generation we have been fighting it , we have n't been tolerating it passively . |
| 29 | I hope everybody understands er , Alton Towers is launching its new things today , Chessington opened this weekend , so we have n't been trading until this weekend in effect in our parks business . |
| 30 | Garry has diverted a consignment of sports clothes to a friend of his and we have n't been paid . |