Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 2 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 3 | I used to be , but I have n't been for a long while I used to we ca n't say that I was there last year but |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 6 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
| 7 | I have n't been for three years . |
| 8 | cos I have n't been for about a month , three weeks . |
| 9 | She has n't been for a long time . |
| 10 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 11 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
| 12 | She opened her eyes and was aware of being in her mother 's bed , where she had not been for over ten years . |
| 13 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
| 14 | Kathy made two cups of tea and said firmly , ‘ You are n't yourself , Clare , and you have n't been for months . ’ |
| 15 | She said no she said we have n't been for ages . |
| 16 | But we have n't been for months . |
| 17 | That 'll be nice cos we have n't been for a bit have we ? |
| 18 | what your look , same with your letter forage , I think mostly we were taught letter formation , which we have n't been for a few years now |
| 19 | There was no one in the staff sitting room , but then , there had n't been for years . |
| 20 | Oh yes and there were eight choir men , you see , well no choir at all there had n't been for years , you see so er and I had a photograph somewhere of my father with eight choir men , you see , and er well after that |
| 21 | Only by now there were n't any more southbound stages and there had n't been for over a week . |
| 22 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 23 | Although a rich resource for trivialisation by the media , the women 's movement in the 1970s succeeded in making issues to do with women 's rights visible in ways they had not been for over sixty years . |
| 24 | they have n't been for a long time them two so they 're cast off , well they must of been they 've had to join |
| 25 | I do n't like the cold snaps but they have n't been for long have they ? |
| 26 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 27 | Yes , but he has n't been for ages has he ? |
| 28 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 29 | The complex of disparate elements comprising academic English was always unstable , though they might have stayed together longer if it had not been for the demands of the academic environment . |
| 30 | In 1959 Rank claimed that ‘ Britain would now have a healthy industry and a very successful market ’ if it had not been for the insensitivity of the Department of Trade . |