Example sentences of "have not [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has not made for a smoothly running society , whose members all feel part of a common enterprise . |
| 2 | Griffiths , who has not played for a month because of a rib injury , watched Cardiff overwhelm London Welsh on Saturday and is expected to train with the club next week . |
| 3 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 4 | ‘ She has not spoken for a month . |
| 5 | The difference between the French and English approaches to making mustard , technology apart , has not changed for a century . |
| 6 | Cos she has n't applied for a green card to work , cos there 's point |
| 7 | He has n't trained for a month and wo n't travel with the 18-man squad . |
| 8 | The kind of farcical spectacle pop has n't provided for a while , it had everything from Radio 1 getting in a tizzy about whether to ban it to TOTP carrying drug warnings , from ageing DJs singing along to the chorus to ageing rockers ( Francis Rossi of Status Quo ) crawling out of the woodwork to condemn it . |
| 9 | It is not difficult — though may be expensive — to hire a guide for a day ( or a week ) so that you find the best snow available at each time of the day and each season , whether it has n't snowed for a week or is blizzarding as you start the day . |
| 10 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 11 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 12 | It was something he had not felt for a very long time . |
| 13 | It had not rained for a week and the white dust of the road started to dull the shine of all the shoes . |
| 14 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 15 | She had not pressed for a statement at Westminster out of respect to his family . |
| 16 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
| 17 | The father had not applied for a Medjay to guard his house , giving as his reason that he had efficient men of his own to do the job . |
| 18 | There was a flicker of response in them which Brian had not seen for a very long time . |
| 19 | His hand had not wavered for a moment . |
| 20 | One of the president 's earliest and most loyal supporters on the Hill says , privately , that those among his constituents who , until 1992 , had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for 16 years think they have been tricked . |
| 21 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
| 22 | The city accountant had compared Derry 's acreage , which had not changed for a century , with other Northern Ireland towns . |
| 23 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 24 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 25 | He had not shaved for a day or two , and there was fair stubble on his cheeks and jaw . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 27 | Dave was off with his hernia Ross , Wayne Lindsay we 've not seen for a year , I mean I know things have been difficult for the last year |
| 28 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 29 | Our young labourer Kevin , whom I 've not mentioned for a while , gets the strenuous pick and shovel jobs . |
| 30 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |