Example sentences of "have not be [v-ing] for " in BNC.

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1 Up to now , the manufacturers had not been accounting for dismantling personal computers in their construction , so it 's still a very difficult process .
2 Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story .
3 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 .
4 It turned out that he was a heavy drinker and smoker , who had not been running for about the last 20 years .
5 Although fitted with an alarm courtesy of the Venice in Peril Fund , this had not been working for some time .
6 Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years .
7 Mr Pearse said : ‘ Do not think that we have not been fighting for the price of Midland shares that we have just received .
8 We in the PAC have not been fighting for the crumbs from the master 's table . ’
9 both players have agreed their personal terms long ago and at least haaland will travel to england to join forest on new years day.none of these two players would have had a chance under the old rules for work permits — both are under-21 's for norway and both have not been playing for norways world cup team .
10 I understand that the Government have not been negotiating for that .
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