Example sentences of "we had 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 .
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