Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [vb pp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
| 2 | His hair , which had not been cut for weeks , fell in silky waves around his face . |
| 3 | He built out of that illusion a political cause which stirred the British electorate as it had not been stirred for decades and which has left its imprint on the Conservative Party and on British trade policy down to the present . |
| 4 | IR systems have not been designed for end-users and require the skills of an intermediary . |
| 5 | This little Hampshire market town had not been designed for crowds such as these , and everyone kept on getting in everyone else 's way . |
| 6 | " The cabinets have not been cleaned for years . " |
| 7 | She put her head into the next room , an untidy and empty bathroom which looked as though the washbasin had not been cleaned for months . |
| 8 | It was covered with climbing plants , and clearly had not been used for years . |
| 9 | The army itself seems unsure of this proposition , perhaps because it is waiting to see who is most likely to meet its wage bill : many soldiers have not been paid for months . |
| 10 | SIX weeks after the Braer disaster , Shetland farmed salmon may be starving to death because compensation has not been paid for losses , writes Auslan Cramb . |
| 11 | The windows had not been opened for years and had forgotten how it went . |
| 12 | The only other entrance was a small door to the left of the sanctuary but that was closed with a padlock , rusting with age , and obviously had not been opened for years . |
| 13 | I see Tunze systems where the Biogranules have not been changed for years , and even undergravel filters with less than one inch of gravel covering their surface . |
| 14 | I 'm dying to try out my hairdressing skills and I 've got these two absolutely sumptuous dresses which have n't been worn for ages . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 17 | The silver has n't been polished for weeks . ’ |
| 18 | And tidying up after removal and spring cleaning homes that have n't been touched for years are all part of a normal day 's work . |
| 19 | ‘ These schools have long been a closed shop and many have n't been inspected for ages . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | One of the mothers has been told her husband is missing , others have n't been seen for months . |
| 22 | Their daughter , Carla , nearly five now , looked as if she had n't been washed for days . |
| 23 | ( Wendy is brought up from the hold and sees at a glance that the deck has n't been scrubbed for years . ) |
| 24 | But these prayers have n't been changed for centuries . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |