Example sentences of "have [not/n't] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Completed in July 1991 , it now houses our colony of nine chimpanzees , who have not been on public display for over two years . |
| 2 | On 21 May , Christie 's New York will sell thirty-one Italian paintings from the Getty 's collection , most of which have not been on view for many years either due to their unsatisfactory condition or their downgraded status : a ‘ Rest on the Flight into Egypt ’ was described in 1963 as ‘ the greatest reward for visitors to the collection … by Orazio Gentileschi , a Caravaggesque masterpiece by an artist who had learned the lesson of realism ’ , only to be dubbed a later copy , probably Francesco Gentileschi , in the opinion of R.W. Bissel , the leading authority on the artist ( est. $50–70,000 ) . |
| 3 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 4 | Harwood 's tale of brotherly love too , by its nature , changes into a different gear in its second half after an opening act in which the Manx brothers ‘ we have not been on speakies for ten years ’ look poised for a reconciliation . |
| 5 | Now we have in the room here a tremendous amount of experience , of people who 've been in the industry , people who 've worked with this company for many , many years , and we 've also got people with us who have not been with us very long , and I 'd you to know we may have covered certain aspects of this on sales skills courses just to talk through what the point of the exercise is , I E what we do for a living . |
| 6 | The difference between most ARC members and professional chefs , male or female , is that the former have not been through ‘ the system ’ . |
| 7 | The steady flow of investment and acquisitions , supported by an £88m rights issue 12 months ago , have not been without hiccups , however . |
| 8 | Such developments , however , have not been without problems . |
| 9 | These initiatives , however , have not been without criticism . |
| 10 | They have not been under the same review process as pension funds where every three years or so managers are changing . |
| 11 | There can not be many Catholics in Halifax who have not been to an event at St. Mary 's ! |
| 12 | His magnificent gifts of drawing — not exaggerating — character and of getting an atmosphere have so worked that few of us have not been to sea in frigates before the age of eighteen and come in some way in contact with non-comfortable men and women . |
| 13 | N ) How many have not been to either of these places ? |
| 14 | For instance , before the war , it was reported that he was heard to say over the telephone , in reply to an invitation from a leading London hostess , ‘ I should especially like to come , as I have not been to Hampstead since 1916 ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I have some shopping to do and you have not been to the town at all . |
| 16 | The problem is not just that the children have not attended a school where English is taught ; they have not been to a school of any description for years on end . |
| 17 | The three sets which have not been to the Joint Committee come under the negative procedure and are consequential upon the main affirmative orders . |
| 18 | ‘ I have not been to Service these few years , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Even where individuals have not been to the West Indies themselves , they often live in a household with an older person of the same generation ( e.g. an older sibling ) who either was born there or has spent some time there . |
| 20 | It 's absolutely clear that the public body should be doing work for private sector organisations , and er , to my knowledge , Lincolnshire County Council have not been to that particular erm , definition , although other authorities do and I have had to stop other authorities undertaking contracts where they are er private sector organisations . |
| 21 | Edward Gillespie , Managing Director of Cheltenham Racecourse , says we 're hoping to attract families and people who have not been to Cheltenham before . |
| 22 | ‘ Pray think of a right man wt out regard to recommendations , which hitherto have not been of great service to me in the like cases , ’ the duke suggested . |
| 23 | Similarly , the interglacial periods have not been of the same duration and have presumably not resulted in equal melting of the ice . |
| 24 | Even if you decide you have not been at risk in the past , you seriously need to consider safer sex to protect yourself and your partners in the future from HIV . |
| 25 | Some of the statements of Mrs Thatcher and some of her ministers have not been at all helpful . |
| 26 | We 've been in touch with all the local schools in the in the Mansfield area er we 've followed up inquiries of girls that have not been at school and so on and er these er have led to er to nothing . |
| 27 | These facilities have not been for the most part made available to children of other races . |
| 28 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 29 | them two have not been for a while so they 've crossed off so , you have another |
| 30 | There are others which have not been like this , but have achieved positive things for their members and for their societies , such as democratic socialist parties . |