Example sentences of "n't been [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said no she said we have n't been for ages . |
| 2 | Yes , but he has n't been for ages has he ? |
| 3 | Kathy made two cups of tea and said firmly , ‘ You are n't yourself , Clare , and you have n't been for months . ’ |
| 4 | But we have n't been for months . |
| 5 | There was no one in the staff sitting room , but then , there had n't been for years . |
| 6 | Oh yes and there were eight choir men , you see , well no choir at all there had n't been for years , you see so er and I had a photograph somewhere of my father with eight choir men , you see , and er well after that |
| 7 | They would n't have put that on if they had n't been on drugs ! |
| 8 | too but this one , he has n't been on nights . |
| 9 | But now living in South London he has n't been behind bars for ten years . |
| 10 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
| 11 | I have n't been in wards for about twenty two years . |