Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Nicolo shifted unhappily in the little gilt chair that had certainly not been made for a man 's body . |
2 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
3 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
4 | The cottage had not been inhabited for a while . |
5 | I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun . |
6 | Meadowbank , which has not been used for a concert since 1989 , will host the return of the Prince of Pop and his band , the New Power Generation , who last year sold out Glasgow 's Celtic Park . |
7 | It was the smell of a hundred bodies that had not been bathed for a week , of a hundred sets of clothes that had been lived and slept in for a week , of excreta and vomit trapped by the windows that had not been opened for a week . |
8 | It was the smell of a hundred bodies that had not been bathed for a week , of a hundred sets of clothes that had been lived and slept in for a week , of excreta and vomit trapped by the windows that had not been opened for a week . |
9 | The girl had n't been born into this archiac world ; she had n't been prepared for a lover who was demanding and possessive , as Nicolo must have been . |
10 | If your bike is second-hand , or has n't been used for a while , then it 's important to check that it 's safe to ride . |