Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] n't been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If Deaconess Tilley had n't been there at the time , she might have found an excuse to say no . |
| 4 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 5 | His father has n't been here for years . |
| 6 | The man had n't been out of the top four since 1980 but he did n't have the luck to win a title — in ‘ 86 he lost the crown when his helmet strap came undone . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | An hour had n't been much in the way of preparation time , and he 'd been forced to improvise . |
| 9 | Now contrary to what we 'd been informed erm the problem occurred over the last couple of days and having spoken to the ladies in the laboratory , the problem has n't been purely on line five machine . |
| 10 | It is n't as if the chances had n't been there for Leeds to win away last term : Oldham 2–0 up with 5 minutes to go , Sheff . |
| 11 | Yeah of course you can , I mean my mum have n't been out for weeks |
| 12 | The guy with the locks and the lyrics whose ‘ Legend ’ LP has n't been out of the UK Top 75 album chart since 1984 . |
| 13 | A reader called to say she had a postcard dated 1910 which showed the fire with a notice saying : ‘ This fire has n't been out for over 200 years . ’ |