present perfect continuous negative – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 64 in the category of PAST is:
present perfect continuous NEGATIVE
It basically means that something did not happen between an unspecified time before now and now and that has a result in the present. This situation might still continue now.
We look for examples with a search in iWeb corpus for:
have|has _xx been _vvg
1 HAVEN’T BEEN PAYING 787
If you‘re not outraged by all of this, you haven’t been paying attention.
TED
2. HAVEN’T BEEN FOLLOWING
3 HAVEN’T BEEN USING 670 4 HAVEN’T BEEN PLAYING 584
5 HAVEN’T BEEN KEEPING 466
6 HASN’T BEEN WORKING 456
Someone hasn’t been working and playing well with others, Harold.
listen
7 HAVEN’T BEEN GETTING 440 8 HAVE NOT BEEN USING 398 9 HAS NOT BEEN WORKING 340 10 HAVEN’T BEEN WORKING 329 11 HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING 243 12 HAVEN’T BEEN GOING 237 13 HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING 236 14 HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING 234 15 HAVEN’T BEEN WATCHING 230 16 HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING 229 17 HASN’T BEEN GETTING 213 18 HAVEN’T BEEN TAKING 211 19 HAVEN’T BEEN READING 206 20 HAVEN’T BEEN EATING 202 21 HAVE NOT BEEN TAKING 197 22 HAVEN’T BEEN LOOKING 195 23 HASN’T BEEN PLAYING 184 24 HAVEN’T BEEN FEELING 181 25 HAVEN’T BEEN MAKING 167 26 HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYING 155
27 HAVEN’T BEEN POSTING 152
28 HASN’T BEEN GOING 147 29 HAVE NOT BEEN GOING 140
30 HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVING 133
31 HAVEN’T BEEN DRINKING 127 32 HAVEN’T BEEN LIVING 114 33 HAS NOT BEEN PLAYING 111
34 HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING 108
35 HAVEN’T BEEN TALKING 104 36 HAS NOT BEEN GETTING 104 37 HAVEN’T BEEN SLEEPING 102 38 HAVE NOT BEEN FEELING 102 39 HAS NOT BEEN GOING 101 40 HAVE NOT BEEN LOOKING 99 41 HASN’T BEEN PAYING 98 42 HASN’T BEEN SITTING 97 43 HAVE NOT BEEN EATING 96
44 HAVEN’T BEEN TRYING 91
45 HAS NOT BEEN EATING 90
46 HASN’T BEEN MAKING 90
A2 continuous verbs:
following, keeping, posting, receiving, trying