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 |