Example sentences of "[verb] n't been on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis , who has n't been on stage for decades , has n't a nerve in his body . |
| 2 | The sarcophagus , they told me , is not one of the Museum 's more interesting possessions , and has n't been on display since 1904 . |
| 3 | She experienced changeable moods and panic attacks — she had n't been on holiday for 20 years and could n't even go out to dinner for fear of not being able to get away . |
| 4 | ‘ He was a devoted husband and had n't been on holiday for two years , ’ said son Liam , of Oundle , Northants . |
| 5 | Probably they had n't been on stage more than half a dozen times before they were put under this microscope . |
| 6 | It 's been hell shut up in that cottage with two women who would both have braved the weather to come up here to see how you were if I had n't been on hand to stop them . ’ |
| 7 | If he had n't been on duty he would have been there . |
| 8 | David had n't been on duty at the factory that afternoon and Rachel had wondered if he would suggest picking her up from her flat and taking her to the hospital , but he had n't , and his failure to do so only emphasised the coolness that was rapidly growing between them . |