Example sentences of "n't been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 2 | I have n't been to one of the meetings so I ca n't remember who the , but how are all these contained within the budget , all these costs , and have they all been approved and agreed ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them . |
| 5 | So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it . |
| 6 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
| 7 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 8 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 10 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Yeah I ai n't been for blooming ages . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 15 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
| 16 | She ai n't been for long while has she ? |
| 17 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 20 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 21 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
| 22 | I have n't been for three years . |
| 23 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 24 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She would n't have sought her independence at all if it had n't been at such . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |
| 28 | I I have n't been on one of our courses for a little while but I think that 's very similar to er |
| 29 | ‘ My parents and I had n't been on good terms for some time . |
| 30 | Mm we have n't been through this way for a long time have we ? |