Example sentences of "not [been] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Some students may need only to make good on areas where their performance has not been up to the Compact mark , others may need to negotiate the complete range of Compact goals at this level . |
2 | You 've not been on for a while have you ? |
3 | Good you 've not been on for a while either have you ? |
4 | It had not been out of the cupboard for some months and it really showed off until I treated it to a stiff drink ( surgical spirit ) and a nice massage with an oily rag . |
5 | Provided they 've not been out of the job all that long , I think , cos things change , do n't they ? |
6 | In the story above , David says that he 's the only boy in his class who 's not been out with a girl . |
7 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
8 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |