Example sentences of "n't [been] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Her British certificate has n't been renewed for twenty years . ’ |
2 | Mademoiselle from Armentières … has n't been kissed for forty years … has n't been kissed … |
3 | The Lombard brothers and Mike Waterlane , however , scored a goal apiece to put Rutshire into Sunday 's final against the mighty South Sussex , who had n't been beaten for three years . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The play 's pleasures are largely connoisseurial ( it has n't been seen for 20 years ) , though one suspects its absence from the stage is a case of understandable neglect . |
6 | After a while the station returned to normal , Charlotte had n't been seen for some time , and Albert had been killed in World War I so all three participants in the awful tragedy had gone for ever , or had they ? |
7 | Barbara Allsopp and her husband Alan have n't been seen for three days . |
8 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
9 | The 12 cider apple trees in the orchard at Lower House Farm , Yarpole near Leominster have n't been picked for 5 years . |
10 | Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
11 | I 've told you , Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
12 | Well mine ai n't been used for three month . |
13 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
14 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
15 | The makeshift team of veteran professionals and apprentices have n't been paid for three months and the club must find a quarter of a million pounds to guarantee survival . |
16 | The players have n't been paid for three months , so who in their right mind wants to rescue them ? |