Example sentences of "not be [verb] for several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 2 | At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years . |
| 3 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |
| 4 | Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying . |
| 5 | In the best traditions of the state 's statistics , a truthful answer will not be known for several years ( ie , when it is of little practical use ) . |
| 6 | Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups . |
| 7 | The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up . |
| 8 | The public inquiry is expected to last a week , but a final decision wo n't be taken for several months . |