Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [been] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door .
2 Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores .
3 ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered .
4 I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate .
5 The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days .
6 have n't been there for many years
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