Example sentences of "not [been] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 4 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 5 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
| 6 | No it has n't been there for a little while British National Corpus I 've been carrying it around with me |
| 7 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |