Example sentences of "[verb] n't been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position . |
| 2 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 3 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 4 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 5 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 6 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 8 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 9 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
| 10 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 11 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |
| 12 | ‘ My parents and I had n't been on good terms for some time . |
| 13 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 14 | She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such . |
| 15 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 16 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |
| 17 | Mind you , it could have been cheaper if you had n't been in such a hurry . |
| 18 | If you had n't been in such a foul temper — ’ |
| 19 | I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’ |
| 20 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 21 | But it had n't been like that . |
| 22 | It had n't been like that , she wanted to howl . |
| 23 | It had n't been like any other seance I had ever seen … |
| 24 | I I have n't been on one of our courses for a little while but I think that 's very similar to er |
| 25 | The telephone boxes are all covered with prostitutes ' phone numbers , the street-sweepers probably have n't been since 1968 , and there are left-over hippies in attics playing mad music all the time . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’ |
| 28 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
| 29 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 30 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |