Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sto I have n't been sick for er about a week |
| 2 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 3 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 4 | The Macari honeymoon period is in full swing and there 's a determination and self-belief about the players which has n't been visible for some time . |
| 5 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 6 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 7 | But then they had n't been alone for any time before . |
| 8 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 9 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 10 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 11 | They only ever come around to yours when the sink 's full of washing-up , there 's a pile of dirty washing on the kitchen floor , the sitting room looks as if it has n't been Hoovered for a month , there are empty Smarties packets down the sides of the chairs , toast crumbs all over the tables , cobwebs in the corner and you 've run out of coffee . |
| 12 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 13 | It had n't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife 's nagging to give the girl a break . |
| 14 | He had n't been dead for very long — my earlier estimate of around six hours will be somewhere near the mark . |