Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've not been bad for a long long time . |
| 2 | I sto I have n't been sick for er about a week |
| 3 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 4 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 5 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 6 | But then they had n't been alone for any time before . |
| 7 | Although plastic pipe has been widely used for wastes and drains , until recently it has not been suitable for hot water . |
| 8 | It has not been possible for the American navy to leave behind the assets that it had developed there , but my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence will certainly take note of the point that the hon. Lady raised about Ministry of Defence assets in the area . |
| 9 | If , because of confidentiality or for other reasons , it has not been possible for the seller to make all enquiries that it otherwise would , the seller would be well advised to stipulate in the contract or disclosure letter what enquiries have been made . |
| 10 | At dusk , it has not been unknown for us to traipse round the dykeside field boundaries collecting slugs , a pretty grisly business . |
| 11 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 12 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 13 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 14 | They only ever come around to yours when the sink 's full of washing-up , there 's a pile of dirty washing on the kitchen floor , the sitting room looks as if it has n't been Hoovered for a month , there are empty Smarties packets down the sides of the chairs , toast crumbs all over the tables , cobwebs in the corner and you 've run out of coffee . |
| 15 | It had not been necessary for him to be there . |
| 16 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 17 | It had not been easy for him to gain readmission . |
| 18 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 19 | It had not been reasonable for the Royal Mail to use their dismissals as an example of enforcement of the new rules . |
| 20 | In the early years of the " new diplomacy " in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries it had not been unusual for a diplomat who died in post to be immediately succeeded by a relative , often a close one , who had been attached to his mission with this possibility in mind . |
| 21 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 22 | It had n't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife 's nagging to give the girl a break . |
| 23 | He had n't been dead for very long — my earlier estimate of around six hours will be somewhere near the mark . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's not been easy for the chairman and his board seeing us stuck on the bottom of the table , ’ said Clough . |
| 25 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |