Example sentences of "[verb] n't been [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The silver has n't been polished for weeks . ’ |
| 2 | But provenance , as yet , has n't been demanded for ephemera , except of course their immediate origins , the publisher , the manufacturer . |
| 3 | All this in the most magnificent scenery , a national park where the natural forest has n't been logged for years and grazing sheep is prohibited so as not to upset the natural balance . |
| 4 | Main picture : French windows opening on to the garden let plenty of light in to the kitchen — where practicality has n't been sacrificed for style |
| 5 | ( Wendy is brought up from the hold and sees at a glance that the deck has n't been scrubbed for years . ) |
| 6 | I know a way out of Parfois that has n't been used for years , but it 's still open if you know where to find it . |
| 7 | I was logging the cache petrol bombs which had n't been inspected for evaporation recently when the phone went . |
| 8 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 9 | I 'd dressed in my long dress , eaten breakfast bedu fashion , discussed the children 's health with the Sheikha over coffee — the Youngest Son had had far too many headaches and his usual teasing and joking had n't been seen for days . |
| 10 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 11 | Their daughter , Carla , nearly five now , looked as if she had n't been washed for days . |
| 12 | One of the mothers has been told her husband is missing , others have n't been seen for months . |
| 13 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 14 | And tidying up after removal and spring cleaning homes that have n't been touched for years are all part of a normal day 's work . |
| 15 | I 'm dying to try out my hairdressing skills and I 've got these two absolutely sumptuous dresses which have n't been worn for ages . |
| 16 | The new operating systems have n't been recompiled for Intel 's Pentium — Santa Cruz says it would have to support two product lines otherwise — and sales on 80386 systems still make up half its business . |
| 17 | The new operating systems have n't been recompiled for Intel 's Pentium — SCO says it 'd have to support two product lines otherwise — and sales on 80386 platforms still make up half its business . |
| 18 | But these prayers have n't been changed for centuries . |