Example sentences of "[verb] n't been there [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't turn up , so of course I then telephoned her office and found she had n't been there that week . |
| 2 | He had n't been there that morning and now she had run him to earth in the café . |
| 3 | She felt a moment 's self-consciousness and doubt , because she knew she had changed , too ; that there were lines around the emerald eyes that had n't been there last time he saw her . |
| 4 | The black paint on the body was already peeling from the heat , though the Doctor guessed from the depth of the dust layer that it had n't been there more than a couple of days . |
| 5 | I had n't been there ten minutes when the bailiff came , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I can build a I 've only been there , I have n't been there three years . |