Example sentences of "not been [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although fitted with an alarm courtesy of the Venice in Peril Fund , this had not been working for some time . |
| 2 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 3 | I understand that the Government have not been negotiating for that . |
| 4 | Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that |
| 5 | Well if you have n't been working for six months you are looking for a job , you are not unemployed . |