Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 4 | I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months . |
| 5 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
| 7 | I had n't thanked him for doing the walls . |
| 8 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 9 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |
| 10 | She had n't seen him for nearly three months and she was struck anew by his good looks . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was only as she rounded the corner that she remembered she had n't thanked him for walking her home . |
| 15 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 18 | It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery . |
| 19 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 20 | On one occasion he is alleged to have told a bald papal legate who had just excommunicated him for refusing to abandon his mistress that he would see the legate 's hair in curlers before he gave her up . |
| 21 | Rauti replaced the much younger Gianfranco Fini who had narrowly defeated him for the post in December 1987 [ see p. 35989 ] . |
| 22 | Dimas had reportedly clashed with the Prime Minister 's wife , Marika Mitsotakis , who had publicly reprimanded him for his behaviour towards Greek industrialists accompanying the official party . |
| 23 | And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park . |
| 24 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
| 25 | He had n't seen him for years but knew of his bass playing . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |