Example sentences of "[vb base] n't been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 2 | I do n't know I have n't been up for years . |
| 3 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 4 | One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 6 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 7 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 8 | I have n't been here for years , although the land belongs to me . |
| 9 | ‘ You have n't been here for weeks — all the time I was ill . |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't been here for very long . |
| 11 | I have n't been here for ages and ages ! |
| 12 | You have n't been here for last week did you ? |
| 13 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 14 | Look out for companies who have n't been around for long : they could be out of business just as soon . |
| 15 | They have n't been in for quite a while . |
| 16 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
| 17 | We have n't been together for three months . |
| 18 | ‘ Friday nights because we have n't been together for four nights , Sundays because we know there are another four ahead of us , and … why Saturdays ? ’ |
| 19 | We have n't been out for a drink us since , I think last time we went out New Year 's Day |
| 20 | Yeah of course you can , I mean my mum have n't been out for weeks |
| 21 | Yeah well we , we have n't been out for one |
| 22 | You have n't been there for ages . |
| 23 | A furniture shop of some sort there where the used to be the Spar shop I think , many years ago was n't it like a have n't been there for , probably about since , Morris 's day you see , and that service station . |
| 24 | I have n't been there for oh I 'm always going down there for petrol now . |
| 25 | I have n't been there for over a , a year or more I think last time I was there |
| 26 | have n't been there for many years |