Example sentences of "[verb] n't been [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has n't been touched for over fifteen years . ’ |
| 2 | It has n't been touched for hundreds of years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The silver has n't been polished for weeks . ’ |
| 5 | Her British certificate has n't been renewed for twenty years . ’ |
| 6 | Mademoiselle from Armentières … has n't been kissed for forty years … has n't been kissed … |
| 7 | ‘ Primary ’ rainforest is an area that has n't been disturbed for hundreds of years and has reached a state of mature complexity ; it is also known as virgin forest . |
| 8 | But provenance , as yet , has n't been demanded for ephemera , except of course their immediate origins , the publisher , the manufacturer . |
| 9 | All this in the most magnificent scenery , a national park where the natural forest has n't been logged for years and grazing sheep is prohibited so as not to upset the natural balance . |
| 10 | Main picture : French windows opening on to the garden let plenty of light in to the kitchen — where practicality has n't been sacrificed for style |
| 11 | ( Wendy is brought up from the hold and sees at a glance that the deck has n't been scrubbed for years . ) |
| 12 | If your bike is second-hand , or has n't been used for a while , then it 's important to check that it 's safe to ride . |
| 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 | I know a way out of Parfois that has n't been used for years , but it 's still open if you know where to find it . |
| 15 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 16 | Well they were bubbling this morning , I think mainly because of Saturday , when it r we were reall the whole club was lifted through Saturday afternoon because something was shown that erm has n't been shown for quite a while here . |
| 17 | Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
| 18 | I 've told you , Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , basically it 's always been but it has n't been enforced for quite some time , that the clean up rate is four pounds and hour which equates to six pound an hour on a Saturday . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
| 22 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 23 | I was logging the cache petrol bombs which had n't been inspected for evaporation recently when the phone went . |
| 24 | if arrangements had n't been made for her to go to Australia might be , she has n't been may have you know , she still had n't been to the doctors |
| 25 | Which made me think of Springsteen and the fact that he had n't been fed for nearly twenty-four hours . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 28 | I 'd dressed in my long dress , eaten breakfast bedu fashion , discussed the children 's health with the Sheikha over coffee — the Youngest Son had had far too many headaches and his usual teasing and joking had n't been seen for days . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | With two broken legs he 'd have starved to death if he had n't been cared for … now he can look forward to a rather more chirpy 1992 . |