Example sentences of "has n't been [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has n't been for a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's not married , has n't been for a long time . |
| 3 | Has n't been for a few years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | unless he has n't been near a phone and could n't ring her . |
| 7 | As anyone who has n't been in a coma for the last ten years knows as much anyway , why bother ? |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |