Example sentences of "see [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 2 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
| 3 | Loretta decided she would have to abandon her attempt to see Veronica for the rest of the day . |
| 4 | He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while . |
| 5 | It is only now , almost five years after the fact , that the US press corps and America 's allies are beginning to see Gramm-Rudman-Hollings for the hoax that it is . |
| 6 | I had n't seen Malc for some months . |
| 7 | You have n't seen Alexander for a long time , have you ? |
| 8 | He had n't seen Karen for years . |
| 9 | and , and , well and to you as well Viv but er I have n't seen Viv , I have n't seen Pete for a while . |
| 10 | Christina had n't seen Martin for about six months , since Stephen had made it plain how much he objected even to a friendship between them . |
| 11 | We have n't seen Helen for ages now have we ? |
| 12 | They stared at each other for a moment before Mick added , ‘ You 've never seen Carrie for years , have you ? ’ |
| 13 | Ah , I only said to Chris the other day , I thought god I have n't seen Trevor for ages , I honestly did and I , I did n't think you know , anything wrong with him . |
| 14 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 15 | I had not seen Hugo for three hours . |
| 16 | A pretty little thing it was , with dark hair : well , you 've seen Emily for yourself . ’ |
| 17 | Gatsby is very nervous , as he has n't seen Daisy for many years and if she no longer loves him his whole purpose for living has gone . |
| 18 | And anyway , I have n't seen Billy for Christ knows how long , and I never knew him well . |
| 19 | I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view . |
| 20 | He saw Anna occasionally but he had not seen Freda for years though he had to admit that he might not have recognised her had he passed her in the street . |
| 21 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 22 | For a start , she had n't seen Rosemary for fifteen minutes and she did not want her to feel left out . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd not even seen Leanne for about four months and then she was with him , but I got half my arm blown away . ’ |
| 24 | He was able to manage the May term at Cuddesdon , though he needed still to go three times a week to London to see Browne for treatment . |
| 25 | He then went into the Army and did not see Minton for some time . |
| 26 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
| 27 | A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time . |
| 28 | ‘ I say to people to come and see Ireland for themselves because if they come they 'll never want to leave — like others who have been here from the North-East of England . |
| 29 | I did n't see Ted for a while after that . |
| 30 | Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours . |