Example sentences of "n't [been] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Primary ’ rainforest is an area that has n't been disturbed for hundreds of years and has reached a state of mature complexity ; it is also known as virgin forest . |
| 2 | Her British certificate has n't been renewed for twenty years . ’ |
| 3 | Mademoiselle from Armentières … has n't been kissed for forty years … has n't been kissed … |
| 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 | It has n't been touched for hundreds of years . |
| 6 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 7 | The Lombard brothers and Mike Waterlane , however , scored a goal apiece to put Rutshire into Sunday 's final against the mighty South Sussex , who had n't been beaten for three years . |
| 8 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 9 | The play 's pleasures are largely connoisseurial ( it has n't been seen for 20 years ) , though one suspects its absence from the stage is a case of understandable neglect . |
| 10 | After a while the station returned to normal , Charlotte had n't been seen for some time , and Albert had been killed in World War I so all three participants in the awful tragedy had gone for ever , or had they ? |
| 11 | Barbara Allsopp and her husband Alan have n't been seen for three days . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Well if you have n't been working for six months you are looking for a job , you are not unemployed . |
| 14 | She had n't been to work for two nights . |
| 15 | The 12 cider apple trees in the orchard at Lower House Farm , Yarpole near Leominster have n't been picked for 5 years . |
| 16 | Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
| 17 | I 've told you , Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
| 18 | Well mine ai n't been used for three month . |
| 19 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The players have n't been paid for three months , so who in their right mind wants to rescue them ? |