Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [pron] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
2 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
3 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
4 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
5 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
6 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
7 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
8 | I had not seen them for some time . |
9 | Erm I know he 's not seen anyone for thirteen years but did , did it just come through the post , sign here , send it back |
10 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
11 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |
12 | I have n't owned you for ten years . |
13 | He had n't felt anything for three days now . |
14 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
15 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
16 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
17 | I have n't seen her for bloody ages . |
18 | He had n't seen her for five years . |
19 | I have n't seen her for two weeks now . |
20 | Well he had n't seen her for many years ? |
21 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |
22 | She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time . |
23 | 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 ? |
24 | It was a full week before they reappeared in The Bar ; we had n't seen them for six nights and there had been much discussion . |
25 | A couple of Russian exiles ; I have n't seen them for ten years . |
26 | Mind you , I have n't seen him for sixteen years . |
27 | I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months . |
28 | I have n't seen him for two days . |
29 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
30 | I have n't seen him for many years . ’ |