Example sentences of "n't [been] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 2 | For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance . |
| 3 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
| 4 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 5 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 6 | There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position . |
| 7 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |
| 8 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 9 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 10 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |
| 12 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy . |
| 15 | We have n't been round this way for a while have we ? |
| 16 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |
| 17 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 18 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
| 19 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets . |
| 21 | I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’ |
| 22 | He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before . |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't been in this church for years . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You have n't been in this neck of the woods for years , and I doubt if in all her life she 's been further than Blackpool . ’ |