Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] been [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
2 | Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores . |
3 | ‘ He has n't been downstairs for over five years . |
4 | He has n't been round for a while , Andy , has he ? |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
7 | ‘ He has n't been here for some time , ’ Hari answered . |
8 | His father has n't been here for years . |
9 | 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 |
10 | A reader called to say she had a postcard dated 1910 which showed the fire with a notice saying : ‘ This fire has n't been out for over 200 years . ’ |
11 | ‘ He has n't been out for days , ’ another boy said . |
12 | Mm and old Bob down the road , Bob , he has n't been in for about the same sort of time this 'll be his fourth week wo n't it ? |
13 | Johnson said : ‘ It just has n't been there for me . |
14 | No it has n't been there for a little while British National Corpus I 've been carrying it around with me |
15 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
16 | She has n't been there for about a month . |
17 | He has n't been home for twelve months |