Example sentences of "n't be [adv] for [art] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |
| 5 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 6 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 7 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
| 8 | No it has n't been there for a little while British National Corpus I 've been carrying it around with me |
| 9 | I did n't know Julia had n't been in for a long while . |
| 10 | You wo n't be around for the other sessions |
| 11 | You 'd think he 'd have told you he would n't be around for the next week or two . |
| 12 | ‘ Not really , dear , but she wo n't be over for a little while . |
| 13 | The sweet williams would n't be out for a few days . |
| 14 | So Eddie knows the real Delia Forbes has gone away and wo n't be back for a long time … but so what ? ’ |