Example sentences of "not been [adv] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has not been properly fit for months . |
| 2 | I have not been really warm for days . |
| 3 | It is symptomatic that the directors of insolvent companies ignore demands for payment , and frequently judgments are obtained where the proceedings have not been quite wrong for such judgment creditors to obtain any preferential treatment . |
| 4 | He answered cryptically but not very informatively ; ‘ It has not been though expedient for the Grand Junction to widen the locks . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It sounds as though life 's not been too easy for you since then . ’ |
| 6 | I know this because after my machine arrived , the salesman whose job it would have been to persuade me to buy it , had I not been too quick for him , came to see me anyway . |
| 7 | Care has not been so tender for the eiderdown duck , which has perished in large numbers due to oil slicks in its Iceland habitat , as European demand for its fluffy down , mainly used in bedding , increases . |
| 8 | This early retirement pattern has not been so evident for women . |
| 9 | Have n't been so relaxed for ages have we . |