Example sentences of "[verb] n't been [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of it has n't been turned over for years . |
| 2 | If she had n't been looking out for the signpost , she could easily have driven past without even realising it was there . |
| 3 | The house was n't run-down , either , but there were touches here and there betraying the fact 64 that it had n't been lived in for a couple of years ; the windows that were n't shuttered were n't clean , and there were weeds pushing up through the gravel . |
| 4 | Mrs Nicolson had n't been seen out for four months now . |
| 5 | Dizzy 's late and short-lived appearance had n't been planned entirely for effect ; the truth was that he was still fairly weak after his illness . |
| 6 | Antonia made soft-porn movie The Pieman — about a one-legged hooker who has a romp with a pizza delivery man — ‘ because she had n't been working much for nearly two years and had no income , ’ said Amanda . |
| 7 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |