Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [vb pp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | LIFESPAN can be set to automatically offline modules which have not been accessed for a configurable latency period . |
2 | This section describes those facilities available within LIFESPAN to transfer modules to offline storage automatically when they have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
3 | Alternatively , an automatic offline requestor ( STOREMAN ) is available to select modules which have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
4 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
5 | That means programs have still not been written for a whole range of complex new tasks that GPs will be asked to do . |
6 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
7 | After all , in 1,189 densely-printed pages , space has not been found for a single illustration . |
8 | Yet even though in my part Welsh has not been spoken for a long time , and indeed the natives have even forgotten the Welsh pronunciation of our Celtic place-names , it would not cross my neighbours ' minds that just living there makes me Welsh . |
9 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
10 | London Ambulance Service workers claimed the system crash last October led to people 's deaths , but yesterday 's document said an examination of 26 cases considered by coroners ' courts showed the LAS had not been blamed for a single death . |
11 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
12 | ‘ 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 . |
13 | 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 . |