Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] [vb pp] for [adj] months " in BNC.
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1 | In April 1983 , teachers reported that in some areas they had not been paid for four months and 828 schools had been closed down . |
2 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
3 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
4 | The makeshift team of veteran professionals and apprentices have n't been paid for three months and the club must find a quarter of a million pounds to guarantee survival . |
5 | The players have n't been paid for three months , so who in their right mind wants to rescue them ? |