Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] n't [been] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time .
2 I have n't been here for years , although the land belongs to me .
3 I have n't been here for very long .
4 I have n't been here for ages and ages !
5 I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too .
6 I do n't know I have n't been up for years .
7 Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come .
8 ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days .
9 I have n't been there for oh I 'm always going down there for petrol now .
10 I have n't been there for over a , a year or more I think last time I was there
11 Look out for companies who have n't been around for long : they could be out of business just as soon .
12 You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks .
13 You have n't been here for weeks — all the time I was ill .
14 You have n't been here for last week did you ?
15 But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter .
16 You have n't been there for ages .
17 We have n't been together for three months .
18 ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’
19 We have n't been out for a drink us since , I think last time we went out New Year 's Day
20 Yeah well we , we have n't been out for one
21 They have n't been in for quite a while .
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