Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well last night I thought oh I 'd better cut her toenails cos I had n't done them for weeks like . |
| 2 | to do an E C G on this man , well I had n't done one for quite a while and I 'd forgot really , not forgot what to do but I 'm not very familiar with the E C G machines because it 's a new electronic machine and its |
| 3 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
| 4 | I did n't notice at first ; I saw her walking down the street in front of me , and without any hesitation I knew who it was — I had n't seen her for over a year , she had cut her hair off short and was wearing a dress , but I knew . |
| 5 | I had n't seen her since when we were on remand , and then we both got sentenced and got sent to different prisons , so I had n't seen her for nearly a year . |
| 6 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 7 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 10 | I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months . |
| 11 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
| 13 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
| 14 | I had n't seen you for months I did n't know you for er |
| 15 | If I had n't had you for advice |
| 16 | I had n't thanked him for doing the walls . |
| 17 | I had not seen them for over two years . |
| 18 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 19 | ‘ I had not seen you for over six months , ma'am , it was merely surprise that you have lost a little colour … ’ |
| 20 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 21 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 22 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |
| 23 | The smell of the plates of food as they were borne past had been tantalising and caused pangs of hunger to strike Meredith 's stomach as though she had n't eaten anything for a week . |
| 24 | She had n't seen him for nearly three months and she was struck anew by his good looks . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was only as she rounded the corner that she remembered she had n't thanked him for walking her home . |
| 29 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 30 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |