Example sentences of "[verb] n't been [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 Most of it has n't been turned over for years .
2 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 .
3 Mrs Nicolson had n't been seen out for four months now .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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