Example sentences of "have [not/n't] been [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He has n't been round for a while , Andy , has he ? |
2 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |
3 | Er , yes that was David , Robert has n't , Robert 's coming next weekend , but he has n't been here for a few weeks |
4 | No it has n't been there for a little while British National Corpus I 've been carrying it around with me |
5 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
6 | ‘ Since you had not been here for a fortnight , ’ he said , ‘ I assumed that you had completed your enquiries . ’ |
7 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
8 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
9 | Can I just clarify one other point with the County Council and for the benefit of those who 've not been here for the last however many days . |
10 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
11 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
12 | And that misuse of the aerosol sprays is probably responsible for about three thousand five hundred deaths , but I think you 've got to put that into perspective , first of all against the six thousand people who are killed on the roads every year in Britain , and you 've also got to set it against our estimate that there are more than a quarter of a million people alive today who would have died in childhood if it had n't been specifically for the advantage of being able to take medicines , anti-biotics generally in their childhood to keep them alive . |
13 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
14 | ‘ I have n't been up for a while , ’ her father said , implying a total absence of mind , and some of body , too . |
15 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
16 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
17 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
18 | But the they give it you at the end of the quarter , even if you have n't been in for a quarter . |
19 | We have n't been out for a drink us since , I think last time we went out New Year 's Day |