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 . |