Example sentences of "have [not/n't] been there [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 2 | She had let her overwhelming desire feed her imagination ; had read something into his words , his looks , his actions , which had not been there at all . |
| 3 | Perhaps she had not been there at all , in the street , but a phantom instead had taken her place , looking like her , feeling like her inside too , but not her , for she , Rosa , had been in her bed , dreaming . |
| 4 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
| 5 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 6 | You bozos do n't seem to realise it but if we had n't been there at that Florence Conference , would not be in the leading position it currently holds with the commission to guarantee further funds and to create a positive role for Britain in Europe with the commission to wuk look at the issues that are gon na come up in 1993 . |
| 7 | have n't been there for many years |