Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] seen him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 2 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 3 | I had n't seen him for seven years , though I 'd heard about him now and then — he had graduated through minor journalism to publishing , and was now ( I learned by well-placed casual questions ) a leading light in a go-ahead new publishing house specializing in novels by Angry Young Men . |
| 4 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 5 | I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months . |
| 6 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
| 8 | She had n't seen him for nearly three months and she was struck anew by his good looks . |
| 9 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 10 | She had n't seen him for some years , of course , but she was sure that it was n't like him to be so edgy … so extraordinarily tense and restless . |
| 11 | She had n't seen him for almost five years and yet — less than twenty-four hours later — she 'd been not only happily returning his kisses , but also moaning with pleasure at the feel of his hands on her body . |
| 12 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 13 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 14 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 15 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
| 16 | He had n't seen him for years but knew of his bass playing . |
| 17 | He was quite categorical ; Passmore was there on Friday evening from about seven until closing time , but he had n't seen him for several weeks before then and he has n't seen him since . ’ |