Example sentences of "[vb base] n't [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'ave n't been back to Tyler 's 'ard from that day to this — I could n't bear to . |
| 2 | Oh , Osmond , come on , give me the tape do n't be out of order . |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 4 | I do n't know I have n't been up for years . |
| 5 | If tonight 's exhibition was anything to go by , they moaned , Faust have n't been up to much during their long absence and have sadly allowed lesser talents to steal much of their thunder . |
| 6 | So , concentrate on this and I 'm , I 'm , must get round to , I 'm sorry my life has been in turmoil because of the , the dog situation , Jean and I have n't been up to the West End , but erm , I , I know which book I want , I want to get you , erm , and yes , I want you to do this , so and this actually it 's very good , very difficult , good , do a bit of technic . |
| 7 | Fucking alright , I have n't been up to the today , I 've spent most of it sat fucking here . |
| 8 | But I have n't been up to cla Clarendon Road for some time now . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't been up in winter but I was on the south-west face in 1972 when we finally gave up our attempt in mid-November , and we were only getting a taste of the conditions they will face . |
| 10 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 11 | One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 13 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 14 | When it , and the Government can produce fifty pieces of legislation affecting local government since nineteen seventy nine , I have n't been here since nineteen seventy nine thankfully , so I have to analyze everything , but they always landed our the ma the major ones and , so for example erm , it was the Local government Unit that produced the initial response of the Poll Tax , what strategy the Council should adopt er , the Council wo n't distance approach , we wanted to make it clear that the Poll Tax was a Government erm , it was a Government initiative and it was being forcedly on us and that was the way , did that effect it , that was a guided and then there was the nineteen eight nine local Government Housing Act , which I 'm sure many of you . |
| 15 | Nothing else has changed ; I have n't been here since that day a week after Clare died , and it had the same muddily washed-out look about it then . |
| 16 | No they have n't been here at all . |
| 17 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 18 | I have n't been here for years , although the land belongs to me . |
| 19 | ‘ You have n't been here for weeks — all the time I was ill . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't been here for very long . |
| 21 | I have n't been here for ages and ages ! |
| 22 | You have n't been here for last week did you ? |
| 23 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 24 | I mean we 've got to see it 's a wonder they have n't been on to us cos they 've stopped the er |
| 25 | Look out for companies who have n't been around for long : they could be out of business just as soon . |
| 26 | They have n't been in for quite a while . |
| 27 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 28 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 29 | So on that basis maybe Havstock Park would be a better venue cos there would be rooms adjacent I , I should imagine , I have n't been in to Havstock Park . |
| 30 | We have n't been together for three months . |