Example sentences of "not been a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm there has not been a manifesto for the next General Election , which may take place in a week or two , or in a year or so . |
| 2 | The official story had always been that Greg was simply a close family friend , but a child could have seen through the pretence and she had not been a child for a very long time , perhaps not since that long-ago night when she was four years old and had stood , unseen , outside a bedroom door … |
| 3 | I have not been a thief for seventeen years , chance would be a thing . |
| 4 | Mr Tutton blamed it on a type of narrow laser beam used in early operations and said it had not been a problem for the British patients . |
| 5 | By the same token , it has not been a triumph for the Tory Party . |
| 6 | Elder abuse has not been a priority for research or for developing practice guidance for social workers and other staff who have direct contact with older people . |
| 7 | He had given up trying to explain to Willi that Therese was no longer a star , had not been a star for eighteen years , and even then had only been a small rising star . |
| 8 | The large number of Cabinet ministers who have resigned or been dismissed have not been a focus for dissent . |
| 9 | There had not been a crisis for about six months , though , so it was clearly time for one . |
| 10 | In consequence there has not been an opportunity for profitable market entry by efficient private companies . |
| 11 | She had n't been a patient for over twenty years , since she 'd had the barrage of undignified tests and minor operations that had led to nothing but disappointment . |
| 12 | I mean it 's just like Aston is , it is , is , it 's , it 's a university but it has n't been a university for that long , it was a technological institute before |
| 13 | There has n't been a prince for some years . |
| 14 | She had n't been a lad for a couple of years now , but she knew the routine . |