Example sentences of "has [not/n't] been [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Saunders , who has scored 11 goals in 35 international appearances , has not been on a losing side since August 23 .
2 The intense moments of pain and fear that gripped me were too remote to be understood by anyone who has not been through a similar experience .
3 The extreme range seems to be from 5 to 6.4 or so , but generally it remains between 4.6 and 5.2 ; it has not been through a major minimum since 1949 .
4 The increase has not been at a constant rate .
5 She has n't been for a long time .
6 ‘ He 's not married , has n't been for a long time .
7 Has n't been for a few years .
8 And I think her husband will probably die before she will but erm he cos he 's older than she is even , but erm and he 's not very well , has n't been for a long time .
9 Dropping anchor and manoeuvring into the quayside puts a good dinghy sailor who has n't been on a small cruiser before under considerable strain .
10 unless he has n't been near a phone and could n't ring her .
11 As anyone who has n't been in a coma for the last ten years knows as much anyway , why bother ?
12 As anyone who has n't been in a media-induced coma over the last ten years knows , her trite ditties are irrelevant to the story — IM
13 ‘ We 've been refusing that man a cheque book for months but he just went inside and someone from senior management , who has n't been behind a counter for years , just hands one over without a thought . ’
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