Example sentences of "not been a [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have not been a thief for seventeen years , chance would be a thing . |
| 2 | He had given up trying to explain to Willi that Therese was no longer a star , had not been a star for eighteen years , and even then had only been a small rising star . |
| 3 | In consequence there has not been an opportunity for profitable market entry by efficient private companies . |
| 4 | I mean it 's just like Aston is , it is , is , it 's , it 's a university but it has n't been a university for that long , it was a technological institute before |
| 5 | There has n't been a prince for some years . |