Example sentences of "not [been] [verb] in [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although they have not been seen in Ireland for many years , sometimes they are heard . |
| 2 | Since bananas have not been seen in Romania for years and many children have never eaten one before , they sell quickly . |
| 3 | They are very experienced and often very powerful figures within their unions , but have not been studied in depth for almost twenty years . |
| 4 | In Northend ( Inspector of Taxes ) v White and Leonard and Corbin Greener and Others ( The Times , 26th February 1975 ) , a firm of solicitors receiving interest on a general client account with a bank was held in this case not to be entitled to earned income relief in respect of the interest because it had not been earned in return for professional services and was not ‘ immediately derived ’ from the carrying on of their profession . |
| 5 | Although this form of contempt is an easy target for criticism , it has not been used in England for many years . |