Example sentences of "we had [not/n't] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had not been brought here we would be dead |
| 2 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 3 | But if we had not been advancing properly — being there just ahead of the main party to iron out any difficulties — the result could have been a very serious error in terms of local coverage , with potentially unhappy consequences . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | We had n't been disturbed too much by Trippy . |
| 7 | She had again unwittingly revealed her misgivings , for on the face of it we had n't been speaking of marriage . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We had n't been getting on too well , you see . |
| 10 | Jennifer had been restless and we had n't been getting on very well . |
| 11 | It could have been turned away if we had n't been told . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |