Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [been] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Saunders , who has scored 11 goals in 35 international appearances , has not been on a losing side since August 23 .
2 The extreme range seems to be from 5 to 6.4 or so , but generally it remains between 4.6 and 5.2 ; it has not been through a major minimum since 1949 .
3 The intense moments of pain and fear that gripped me were too remote to be understood by anyone who has not been through a similar experience .
4 The increase has not been at a constant rate .
5 She has n't been for a long time .
6 ‘ He 's not married , has n't been for a long time .
7 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 .
8 Has n't been for a few years .
9 Dropping anchor and manoeuvring into the quayside puts a good dinghy sailor who has n't been on a small cruiser before under considerable strain .
10 As anyone who has n't been in a media-induced coma over the last ten years knows , her trite ditties are irrelevant to the story — IM
11 The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology is the only centre in the United Kingdom able to provide such a pioneering operation which is only available through the N.H.S. If Mr. Thorpe had not been in a fortunate position of being able to register with a G.P. in a different Health Authority , he would not have had his operation .
12 Only one symptom , a persistent cough , was reported more often for those who had not been in a residential home — 24 per cent compared with 10 per cent of those who had spent some time in such a home .
13 Taking all types of respondents together their ratings were similar for people who had not been in a residential home at all and those who had been in one for a year or more , while those who had only spent part of the last year of their lives in a residential home were generally felt to have had a worse quality of life : for 39 per cent of them it was rated as poor compared with 27 per cent of the other two groups .
14 In 1979 , the Cabinet of twentytwo contained only seven ministers ( Edwards , St John-Stevas , Younger , Nott , Biffen , Carlisle , and Maude ) who had not been in a previous Cabinet .
15 They 've not been in a flat
16 Anyway , I 've not been in a black cab in years .
17 Wall 's ( 1986 ) evidence suggests that there have been fluctuations over time in patterns of who actually shares households , but that these have not been in a single direction .
18 they have n't been for a long time them two so they 're cast off , well they must of been they 've had to join
19 I used to be , but I have n't been for a long while I used to we ca n't say that I was there last year but
20 No , sure , have n't been for a long time have you ?
21 Have n't been for a long time , no , I 'm not more
22 what your look , same with your letter forage , I think mostly we were taught letter formation , which we have n't been for a few years now
23 Well Michael says you have n't been to a decent service for six weeks , till back .
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