Example sentences of "n't been [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has n't been outside the refuge properly for two weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't been to the boatyard yet . |
| 3 | ‘ He has n't been to the baths for months . ’ |
| 4 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |
| 5 | But Gere , 41 , who has n't been to the shop on Sunset Strip , LA , since the ban , can send his model wife Cindy Crawford , to run his errands . |
| 6 | Pamela had n't been to the tiny next-door island for years but she remembered its wild , deserted beaches , its spectacular rocky promontories , the surprising wheat fields among the rocky landscape that had given the island its name . |
| 7 | He had n't been to the Martins ' for lunch since Antoinette died . |
| 8 | We have n't been to the seaside for ages ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But … he has n't been to the cottage to see Anna . ’ |
| 10 | I had n't been to the mere for a week or two so did n't really know if the bream would still be moving or not . |
| 11 | I had n't been to the dump for a while , and it was about time I went to see what the good folk of Porteneil had thrown out . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't know ; he has n't been to the factory since I 've been here . ’ |
| 13 | No I had n't been to the Far East unfortunately . |
| 14 | I had n't been to the Far East . |
| 15 | Antony has n't been to the dentist for about six years ! |
| 16 | I 've been cos I have n't been to the R A F club for ages there . |
| 17 | we have n't been to the |
| 18 | we have n't been to the |
| 19 | So I have n't been to the shop yet . |
| 20 | if arrangements had n't been made for her to go to Australia might be , she has n't been may have you know , she still had n't been to the doctors |
| 21 | Oh I have n't been to the cinema for ages it seems . |
| 22 | I ai n't been to the bar |
| 23 | That 's right , it 's different for different people over there , I mean Mark over there who has n't been with the company very long erm , I mean , my existing calls I mean I , I know them sort of to , to drink with more or less you know , but |
| 24 | If it had n't been for the Yeti , I 'd never have met Malcolm McLaren or Johnie Rotten . |
| 25 | It 's Sir Ralph Halpern 's view that if it had n't been for the current worldwide recession , many more outside brands would have been introduced to the UK market . |
| 26 | I might have travelled at almost eight thousand inches an hour if it had n't been for the stops . |
| 27 | However none of these exhibitions could have happened if it had n't been for the groundbreaking work carried out by Lubaina Himid since the late 70s . |
| 28 | If it had n't been for the canter Nails would not have been terribly keen for another lesson , but the canter had given him dreams above his station . |
| 29 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 30 | She would have rung him , if it had n't been for the tall constable standing meaningfully by the telephone . |