Example sentences of "[vb past] not [been] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was a devoted husband and had not been on holidays for two years , ’ said Liam . |
| 2 | But everything else had been alive and splendid in a way it had not been for years . |
| 3 | There was no one in the staff sitting room , but then , there had n't been for years . |
| 4 | Oh yes and there were eight choir men , you see , well no choir at all there had n't been for years , you see so er and I had a photograph somewhere of my father with eight choir men , you see , and er well after that |
| 5 | They would n't have put that on if they had n't been on drugs ! |