Example sentences of "[verb] n't [been] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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1 | If your bike is second-hand , or has n't been used for a while , then it 's important to check that it 's safe to ride . |
2 | Miss Goody Two Shoes has n't been to work for a week apparently . |
3 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
4 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
5 | The girl had n't been born into this archiac world ; she had n't been prepared for a lover who was demanding and possessive , as Nicolo must have been . |
6 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
7 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
8 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |