Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 2 | Nicolo shifted unhappily in the little gilt chair that had certainly not been made for a man 's body . |
| 3 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 4 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 5 | The cottage had not been inhabited for a while . |
| 6 | I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Miss Goody Two Shoes has n't been to work for a week apparently . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |
| 13 | 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 . |