Example sentences of "not been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hair , which had not been cut for weeks , fell in silky waves around his face . |
| 2 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
| 3 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and regret to advise that you have not been selected for interview . |
| 4 | LIFESPAN can be set to automatically offline modules which have not been accessed for a configurable latency period . |
| 5 | This section describes those facilities available within LIFESPAN to transfer modules to offline storage automatically when they have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
| 6 | Alternatively , an automatic offline requestor ( STOREMAN ) is available to select modules which have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
| 7 | Up to now , the manufacturers had not been accounting for dismantling personal computers in their construction , so it 's still a very difficult process . |
| 8 | The largest chunk of the increase over SSA is spent on funding school meals in Derbyshire because the price has not been increased for more than 10 years . |
| 9 | He built out of that illusion a political cause which stirred the British electorate as it had not been stirred for decades and which has left its imprint on the Conservative Party and on British trade policy down to the present . |
| 10 | The other thing to remember is that women who have sex with women may be at risk of HIV infection if they share needles or syringes to inject drugs , or use semen that has not been tested for HIV if they want to get pregnant through self-insemination . |
| 11 | In some places the books had not been touched for hundreds of years and could hardly be seen for dust . |
| 12 | It had not been sighted for nearly a month apart from a brief report by a shepherd in Northumberland which sounded like a possibility but was vague — and the Zoo conceded that if he was still alive he could certainly survive like any other golden eagle in the wild . |
| 13 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 14 | It claims the annual American-South Korean military exercises , known as Team Spirit , are a threat to the North ; that the Americans still have nuclear weapons in South Korea ; and that the South has not been inspected for nuclear bases . |
| 15 | Soap stars such as Michael Cashman , formerly of EastEnders , and the comedy actor Gorden Kaye of ‘ Allo , ‘ Allo ! , have not been pilloried for their homosexuality . |
| 16 | Application has reportedly not been made for CAA approval for the kit for G-AYIH or for any other UK registered aircraft . |
| 17 | Nicolo shifted unhappily in the little gilt chair that had certainly not been made for a man 's body . |
| 18 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 19 | Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years . |
| 20 | If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years . |
| 21 | That means programs have still not been written for a whole range of complex new tasks that GPs will be asked to do . |
| 22 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 23 | Back came all the romance of train travel that had not been seen for fifty years . |
| 24 | The wide-field/planetary camera has produced its share of dramatic pictures , including detailed ones of a storm on Saturn the like of which has not been seen for 60 years . |
| 25 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 26 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 27 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 28 | Gateways were opening up here in Salt Lake , and things would be coming through the like of which had not been seen for thousands of years . |
| 29 | The effect of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and the Economic Recovery Tax Act was to move the United States in new directions in economic policy ; fundamental change of a sort that had not been seen for half a century . |
| 30 | As competitors and spectators sat in the sunshine on the Royal Canoe Club 's lawn at the finish , slowly unwinding and chatting to friends , some of whom had not been seen for quite some time , the atmosphere was a mixture of international competition and relaxed gentility . |