Example sentences of "have n't [be] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Miss Goody Two Shoes has n't been to work for a week apparently . |
| 3 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
| 4 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She had n't been prepared for the way poetry came into this fitting together of parts , Shall I believe that unsubstantial Death is amorous , and that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour , she recited in her head , as O'Hara climbed on top and humped her beneath the rude unshaded bulb . |
| 7 | I felt foolish that I had n't been prepared for the fact that his skin would be so bad or his teeth so deteriorated . |
| 8 | Russell was later told he had n't been selected for the world cup . |
| 9 | He 'd explain that in the kerfuffle last night he had n't been paid for the jobs he 'd done . |
| 10 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 11 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |