Example sentences of "[verb] n't [been] [vb pp] 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 5 | 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 . |