Example sentences of "n't see [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's got nothing we ai n't seen afore . ’ |
| 2 | It is n't seen as a feminine quality , confidence ; girls are supposed to be quite demure . |
| 3 | But their kids were n't expected to work for their love , it was n't seen as a return for services rendered . |
| 4 | I would have left had I not seen he was wearing something I had n't seen on him before , and had to ask him about it , certain I knew what the answer would be . |
| 5 | That we would wait for our mother to come home from work with ‘ Lucky Packets ’ full of sherbet , that most of our childhood had been outdoors and here we were inside , with our dad home again , our dad who we had n't seen for four years , here we were having crossed the equator with nine suitcases , where flying fish leapt from the sea , to be in this place . |
| 6 | The one she had n't seen for twelve years , had been ranting about , who never raised a finger to help and left it all to Nancy ? |
| 7 | There 's only Mary and the sisters you have n't seen for ten years , if you can count them . |
| 8 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 9 | Mike was on his way home from school when he met his uncle whom he had n't seen for ages . |
| 10 | ‘ I tell you this , Mr Millet , two or three years ago I would n't have had the time to sit down and chatter about a chap I have n't seen for more than a year . |
| 11 | He wrote to his sister , who he had n't seen for a year , as he had been travelling round Europe before joining the Legion . |
| 12 | His astonished gaze was fixed on the second familiar face staring out at the public floggings from amid the crowd of frightened coolies on the first truck , a face he had n't seen for even longer — that of his own father ! |
| 13 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 14 | What we are saying there are other emergencies and I get down to the word loneliness now is there any reason why senior citizens should n't have the facility whereby they can make telephone calls if those , they so desire , to members of the family who in many instances they have n't seen for long periods of time ? |
| 15 | He 's ready to leave the table , but he 's waiting to greet Doreen , whom he has n't seen for years . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I 've promised to look up some old friends I have n't seen for ages . |
| 17 | Sandra 's friends would all be so much younger than herself , and then she heard that the guest list comprised all age groups and included many of her old local friends whom she had n't seen for the past two years , and so she decided to go . |
| 18 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 19 | And it probably was stupid — if not downright ridiculous — for her to be still technically married to a man she had n't seen for almost five years . |
| 20 | ‘ What do you think you 're doing … ? she gasped , still feeling shocked and disorientated by the sudden , totally unexpected appearance of the man she had n't seen for so many years . |
| 21 | In the pool of silence which fell between them Laura raised her eyes and took her first good , clear look at the man she had married , and whom she had n't seen for so many years . |
| 22 | As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough . |
| 23 | It offers older people the chance to revisit places of interest which they maybe have n't seen for years . |
| 24 | Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time . |
| 25 | Who I had n't seen for goodness knows how long . |
| 26 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 27 | ai n't seen for ooh |
| 28 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 29 | Soon it would begin to grow dark , and she had n't seen to the house yet . |
| 30 | If that cut is n't seen to by somebody qualified the boy could be scarred for life . ’ |