Example sentences of "i [verb] n't been [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
2 | I had n't been there for more than a minute when the skipper bellowed : ‘ This is melanoma country , mate . |
3 | Well I had n't been there for ages ! |
4 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
5 | I have n't been here for years , although the land belongs to me . |
6 | ‘ I have n't been here for very long . |
7 | I have n't been here for ages and ages ! |
8 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
9 | I do n't know I have n't been up for years . |
10 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
11 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
12 | I have n't been there for oh I 'm always going down there for petrol now . |
13 | I have n't been there for over a , a year or more I think last time I was there |