Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ? |
| 2 | She has not been out of this room for six months . |
| 3 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 4 | We have still not been given any kind of direct word , we 've not been back in direct communication with them . |
| 5 | It seems to me that anyone attracted to practising psychology or psychotherapy or psychiatry has not been so without some needs of their own . |
| 6 | There 's an oil stain beneath it , but I bet it has n't been on since last February . |
| 7 | Nothing else has changed ; I have n't been here since that day a week after Clare died , and it had the same muddily washed-out look about it then . |
| 8 | You have n't been here for last week did you ? |
| 9 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't understand it , he has n't been here in ten years ! |
| 11 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He has n't been home for twelve months |
| 14 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 15 | been out , I have n't been out since New Year 's Eve . |
| 16 | Had n't been out since this morning . |
| 17 | You bozos do n't seem to realise it but if we had n't been there at that Florence Conference , would not be in the leading position it currently holds with the commission to guarantee further funds and to create a positive role for Britain in Europe with the commission to wuk look at the issues that are gon na come up in 1993 . |
| 18 | have n't been there for many years |
| 19 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 20 | ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’ |
| 21 | We have n't been together for three months . |