Example sentences of "not [been] [vb pp] for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years . |
| 2 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 3 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 4 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 5 | And because Barlaston had ceased to function as a house in the 1930s , and had not been modernized for many years before that , it was in a remarkably unaltered state and thus an important archaeological document . |
| 6 | At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years . |
| 7 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |
| 8 | Cereals for human consumption have not been ground for some years . |
| 9 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |