Example sentences of "[not/n't] seen [pers pn] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 2 | He had n't seen her for five years . |
| 3 | Well he had n't seen her for many years ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Forgive me , Richard , it was my sister , I do n't know how she got your number , I have n't seen her in live years . |
| 6 | A couple of Russian exiles ; I have n't seen them for ten years . |
| 7 | Mind you , I have n't seen him for sixteen years . |
| 8 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
| 9 | I have n't seen him for many years . ’ |
| 10 | She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 14 | I have n't seen him for three years or so . |
| 15 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
| 16 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |