Example sentences of "[vb base] not been [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since coming here , I 've not been in trouble for a year ’ . |
| 2 | Harwood 's tale of brotherly love too , by its nature , changes into a different gear in its second half after an opening act in which the Manx brothers ‘ we have not been on speakies for ten years ’ look poised for a reconciliation . |
| 3 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 4 | On 21 May , Christie 's New York will sell thirty-one Italian paintings from the Getty 's collection , most of which have not been on view for many years either due to their unsatisfactory condition or their downgraded status : a ‘ Rest on the Flight into Egypt ’ was described in 1963 as ‘ the greatest reward for visitors to the collection … by Orazio Gentileschi , a Caravaggesque masterpiece by an artist who had learned the lesson of realism ’ , only to be dubbed a later copy , probably Francesco Gentileschi , in the opinion of R.W. Bissel , the leading authority on the artist ( est. $50–70,000 ) . |
| 5 | Describing the plight of Somali children , it explains : ’ Many of them have not been in school for several years when they arrive in this country ’ . |
| 6 | Equally , we must have realistic expectations of TECs and realise that those that have not been in existence for very long — as is the case with our own TEC , which has been going only since April — will take time to work themselves up to their most effective point . |
| 7 | Er two bedrooms , it was a number sixty six Street in those days , there were new houses built on where it is now , I have n't been into Palfry for years but er there were five houses in the row , there was a family named at one end , there was us my nan of course we were next to , next to us was Mrs , a Mr and Mrs , and then er that was one side of the entry the other side of the entry was a family named , they had quite a large family , there was er two or three of those married Mrs and then er then Mrs they were all relatives , cos there was no such thing as overcrowding in those days you got as many in as you could you see , there was , another was Mr and Mrs she was a daughter of Mrs there was Mrs and Mrs she was another daughter of Mrs , and then er there were , there was a , a young man he was a son of Mrs , the were I think show people originally cos they were a bit anyhow there were five houses down the yard we had n't got running water in the sink , we had a , a big stone pump pipe in at the bottom of the entry we all had to go and draw out our own drinking water from this one standpipe . |
| 8 | I mean I have n't been to Guildford for oh god I do n't know when I think probably with you the last time I went to Guildford . |
| 9 | For those who have n't been to Versailles for many years , there is now much more to see . |
| 10 | You have n't been in London for months , so it must be someone from round here . |
| 11 | I have n't been in wards for about twenty two years . |