Example sentences of "has not [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Church was slow off the mark following the population migration and concentration in the expanding towns during the Industrial Revolution , failure has not been for want of trying . |
| 2 | She has n't been for a long time . |
| 3 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 6 | ‘ He 's not married , has n't been for a long time . |
| 7 | Yes , but he has n't been for ages has he ? |
| 8 | Has n't been for a few years . |
| 9 | And I think her husband will probably die before she will but erm he cos he 's older than she is even , but erm and he 's not very well , has n't been for a long time . |