Example sentences of "have not [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos she has n't applied for a green card to work , cos there 's point |
| 2 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 3 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 4 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 5 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
| 6 | One of the president 's earliest and most loyal supporters on the Hill says , privately , that those among his constituents who , until 1992 , had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for 16 years think they have been tricked . |
| 7 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
| 8 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 9 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 11 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 12 | " 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 . |
| 13 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 14 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 15 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 16 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
| 17 | He may have been joking , but his fatalistic sentiment was in the sane vein as a cruel remark made as Davies 's men departed in triumph : ‘ We understood Eastbourne were the only team who have not applied for a postal vote in the General Election . ’ |
| 18 | So I I 'm extremely pleased that the County Council have not gone for a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 19 | ‘ Switzerland have not qualified for a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup finals and have grown used to losing . |
| 20 | There are about 3,000 bears there and they could be a hazard if they come out of the dens and have n't eaten for a few months . ’ |
| 21 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 22 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 23 | Have n't done for a long time . |
| 24 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |