Example sentences of "not been [verb] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 2 | At present about 85% of foreign aid is earmarked by Congress for specific purposes in selected countries : unlucky countries that have not been singled out for earmarked money are vulnerable to savage cuts . |
| 3 | Elderly people have not been singled out for special consideration either , but for quite a different reason : their needs are broadly the same as those of younger adults , and specialist mental health services for elderly people are now developing all over the country as a direct response to the enormous growth in the numbers of people with dementia . |
| 4 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 5 | ‘ The horses have not been running well for three or four months , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Mrs Nicolson had n't been seen out for four months now . |