Example sentences of "n't been [prep] [adj] [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 Yeah I ai n't been for blooming ages .
8 Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice
9 Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one !
10 She ai n't been for long while has she ?
11 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 .
12 It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now .
13 It has n't been for three years . "
14 I have n't been for three years .
15 You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days .
16 " I have n't been for some time .
17 " No , and there have n't been for some time . "
18 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 .
19 ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner .
20 ‘ My parents and I had n't been on good terms for some time .
21 Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ?
22 I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’
23 ‘ 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 .
24 We have n't been round this way for a while have we ?
25 The demolition workers had n't been in that day .
26 If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else .
27 Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet .
28 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 .
29 ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets .
30 I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’
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