Example sentences of "had [not/n't] [been] [vb pp] [prep] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | She started a craze for pearl chokers , which had not been seen in years . |
| 2 | There was a little shop in my home town that I had liked very much , selling old bits and pieces , books and engravings ; all that was for sale was in a jumble , and the windows had not been cleaned in years . |
| 3 | The windows had not been opened for years and had forgotten how it went . |
| 4 | The only other entrance was a small door to the left of the sanctuary but that was closed with a padlock , rusting with age , and obviously had not been opened for years . |
| 5 | It was covered with climbing plants , and clearly had not been used for years . |