Example sentences of "n't been [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
| 2 | I do n't know I have n't been up for years . |
| 3 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 4 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 5 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
| 7 | I have n't been here for years , although the land belongs to me . |
| 8 | ‘ You have n't been here for weeks — all the time I was ill . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't been here for very long . |
| 10 | His father has n't been here for years . |
| 11 | Er , yes that was David , Robert has n't , Robert 's coming next weekend , but he has n't been here for a few weeks |
| 12 | I have n't been here for ages and ages ! |
| 13 | You have n't been here for last week did you ? |
| 14 | One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time . |
| 15 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 16 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
| 17 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 18 | He had n't been round for days . |
| 19 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 20 | He has n't been round for a while , Andy , has he ? |
| 21 | ‘ He has n't been downstairs for over five years . |
| 22 | Look out for companies who have n't been around for long : they could be out of business just as soon . |
| 23 | ‘ He had n't been home for weeks , anyway … ’ |
| 24 | He has n't been home for twelve months |
| 25 | And that misuse of the aerosol sprays is probably responsible for about three thousand five hundred deaths , but I think you 've got to put that into perspective , first of all against the six thousand people who are killed on the roads every year in Britain , and you 've also got to set it against our estimate that there are more than a quarter of a million people alive today who would have died in childhood if it had n't been specifically for the advantage of being able to take medicines , anti-biotics generally in their childhood to keep them alive . |
| 26 | We had n't been out for ages and there was a good film on . ’ |
| 27 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 28 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 29 | A reader called to say she had a postcard dated 1910 which showed the fire with a notice saying : ‘ This fire has n't been out for over 200 years . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He has n't been out for days , ’ another boy said . |