Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [vb pp] for [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | GORDON Turner has launched a search for the pal he has not seen for forty years . |
| 2 | Holden 's story contains no suspense , while Lucy 's grips the reader totally ; for example she ‘ forgets ’ to inform the reader for six chapters that ‘ Dr. John ’ is in fact her cousin whom she has not seen for ten years ! |
| 3 | It is hitting even my constituency in a way it has not done for many years . |
| 4 | ‘ The English way has not altered for 30 years , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Although the office of Keeper of the Registers and Records has not existed for twenty-seven years we still receive mail in the Register House addressed to that official , as well as mail addressed to the wrong Keeper . |
| 6 | Aycock has not shown for some years and so fans of her precisely-crafted contraptions have a great treat in store when her show opens at John Weber on 13 February . |
| 7 | ‘ He has n't exercised for five years and has no muscle tone left but now he is able to exercise in the gym . |
| 8 | What makes this year so outstanding is that your ruling planet , Pluto , makes a 90-degree angle to Saturn — something that has n't happened for 20 years . |
| 9 | ‘ She has n't worked for seven years , ’ I said |