Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't [vb pp] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 2 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 3 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 4 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
| 5 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 6 | I have n't eaten for a week . |
| 7 | I have n't arranged for a secondary . |
| 8 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 9 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |
| 10 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 11 | I have n't paid for a ‘ phone call in years . |
| 12 | Cos she has n't applied for a green card to work , cos there 's point |
| 13 | Of course , she had n't bargained for a hurricane . |
| 14 | Damn the man , she had n't bargained for a Peeping Tom role ! |
| 15 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 16 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 17 | If she had n't known for a fact that he liked nothing about her she might have mistaken that note in his voice for admiration . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose you had n't bargained for a will ? ’ |
| 19 | right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while |
| 20 | While we had n't asked for a film sample it 's worth knowing that all bureau should be able to offer this service — it can save time and money at the printing end . |
| 21 | Now erm getting to those words yourself instead , I 'm sorry , things we have n't done for a week or two lots of word they 'll be lots of them in the exam I 'm telling you . |
| 22 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 23 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 24 | Girls at the back of the room , we have n't come for a chat . |
| 25 | So far they had n't applied for a search warrant to go over the boat , but Maurice did n't care if they did . |
| 26 | Landing with obstructions on the upwind side is particularly dangerous and is just the sort of error people tend to make when they have n't flown for a while . |
| 27 | He has n't trained for a month and wo n't travel with the 18-man squad . |
| 28 | It is not difficult — though may be expensive — to hire a guide for a day ( or a week ) so that you find the best snow available at each time of the day and each season , whether it has n't snowed for a week or is blizzarding as you start the day . |
| 29 | Although it had n't rained for a week , the path was slippery with mud , deadening sound . |
| 30 | He wrote to his sister , who he had n't seen for a year , as he had been travelling round Europe before joining the Legion . |