Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ?
2 Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 .
3 But they not see Darius because he not been in since five o'clock .
4 She has not been out of this room for six months .
5 We have still not been given any kind of direct word , we 've not been back in direct communication with them .
6 There 's an oil stain beneath it , but I bet it has n't been on since last February .
7 You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks .
8 One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time .
9 They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home .
10 We have n't been out at all .
11 been out , I have n't been out since New Year 's Eve .
12 Had n't been out since this morning .
13 you know , it is just so frustrating , you know and er some of these kids he said and the language they use , one girl came in , she had n't been in for three or four days , he had n't met her and he said hello you must be such and such er
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