Example sentences of "have not been [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The problem is not just that the children have not attended a school where English is taught ; they have not been to a school of any description for years on end .
2 There can not be many Catholics in Halifax who have not been to an event at St. Mary 's !
3 ‘ I have some shopping to do and you have not been to the town at all .
4 them two have not been for a while so they 've crossed off so , you have another
5 Although you have not been in the manager 's seat very long , you have done nothing to alter my original opinion that your appointment makes about as much sense as the Charge of the Light Brigade .
6 I have not been in the House of Lords very long , so on the heritage front , I have n't had the opportunity to do a great deal yet .
7 I have not been in the House as long as the hon. Gentleman and I defer to his experience .
8 I have n't been into the room since Adolph died .
9 And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad !
10 People who have n't been on a council before .
11 There has been coverage with such as yourselves and er the local papers , and we are getting word of mouth enquiries now , but we , we have said it 's for the newly qualified driver and since we 've started this scheme , I would put newly qualified in inverted commas , because we 've had two or three ladies ring us up who 've had four and five years driving experience as such and they 're frightened to death to go on a motorway and have n't been on a motorway .
12 Have n't been on a boat I do n't thi o only like little , you know ,
13 Yeah , I know you do , I said , I said you have n't been on the bus already ?
14 ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on .
15 Because they have n't been on the market for long , it 's not possible to say how well they 'll stand the test of time .
16 ‘ Do you think I have n't been over every inch of that argument a million times ?
17 As an adult , adults such as myself have n't been through the procedure as a young person where your immune system 's been challenged by the vaccine so that you 've developed tetanus antibodies .
18 I was just gon na say , some sometimes , I have n't been for a bit mind you , oh , well the last time I went , sometimes I go to Wales to Blaenau Ffestiniog or to congregation
19 That 'll be nice cos we have n't been for a bit have we ?
20 I have n't been to a service here for years . ’
21 I have n't been to a ball since I came to Canada . ’
22 Now erm , I have n't been to a match lately , but these pictures I 've seen , there 's still all these fences around to stop people doing that .
23 Right , yeah so erm you know I mean that 's probably the best thing to do if you try and , try and at least keep up to date with the rest of this term and er you know not er make sure , even if you have n't been to a class at least you know what went , went on there from somebody
24 I have n't been to a gym in ages , ’ Vitor said , and frowned as though the omission had only just occurred to him .
25 Oh I have n't been to the cinema for ages it seems .
26 We have n't been to the seaside for ages ! ’
27 Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ .
28 So I have n't been to the shop yet .
29 ‘ I have n't been to the boatyard yet .
30 I decided then that I did n't want to be a martyr , and since then I have n't been near a hairdresser 's .
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