Example sentences of "n't [pers pn] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bryony , on occasions like this , was always self-righteous : the problem and answers were obvious , why had n't she been consulted ? |
| 2 | Had n't she been lost seven years ago , in the misty dawns and the drowsy afternoons ? |
| 3 | Had n't she been lost to him before even he had seen her . |
| 4 | Had n't she been watching the models for weeks and dying for a chance to imitate them ? |
| 5 | Why have n't you been getting on very well then ? |
| 6 | ‘ Christ , have n't you been listening ? |
| 7 | ‘ Have n't you been listening ? |
| 8 | The doctor said to me , ‘ Have n't you been told about these things ? ’ then sat and explained it all to me . |
| 9 | ‘ Why , have n't you been doing this sort of work ? ’ |
| 10 | Now why have n't you been doing very well at school this week ? |
| 11 | By the way why have n't you been doing games for the past I do n't know six months ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why have n't you been answering my phone calls ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why have n't we been affected up to now ? ’ |
| 14 | Have n't we been embroidering and stitching and preparing for the wedding since before the War ? |
| 15 | ‘ But have n't they been closed to visitors ? ’ |
| 16 | Why had n't he been called earlier ? |
| 17 | Why had n't he been given a medal ? |
| 18 | After all , had n't he been consecrated bishop in 1880 , the year of Jack the Ripper ? |
| 19 | Certainly nobody had been taking any notice of this one — but then , had n't he been playing very badly , anyway ? |
| 20 | well why was n't it been done earlier ? |
| 21 | Has n't it been changed over the years to say different things from what the original writers intended ? |