Example sentences of "have n't seen [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ .
2 I had n't seen her since that night at the Club and I was beginning to despair of ever seeing her again .
3 He had n't seen her for five years .
4 Well he had n't seen her for many years ?
5 She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time .
6 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 ?
7 ‘ But you had n't seen her on that occasion ? ’
8 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 .
9 Bernice had n't seen them at first : their black silk cloaks merged into the darkness beyond the doorway , and only the jerky movements of the red-painted muzzles of their stubby blasters revealed their location .
10 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 .
11 ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway .
12 I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months .
13 He was quite categorical ; Passmore was there on Friday evening from about seven until closing time , but he had n't seen him for several weeks before then and he has n't seen him since . ’
14 I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 After all her husband is in Venice- and she had n't seen him in all the war years , ’ he said .
18 She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to .
19 I have n't seen her for two weeks now .
20 I have n't seen her for bloody ages .
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 I have n't seen her with all her clothes off you know .
23 Oh no you know she 's gon na sort of , sort of suus , so erm , I said oh it 's alright it 's only Eve 's house keeper , and I got back on the phone I said no I 'm every sorry to leave you hanging on I said no I do n't know where she is , I have n't seen her all morning , I have n't seen her at all , and er I said bye then , she said what 's the matter with you she said , I said what do you mean what 's the matter with me , she said oh , why you talking funny ?
24 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 .
25 Have n't seen her in quiet a while .
26 A couple of Russian exiles ; I have n't seen them for ten years .
27 ‘ You have n't seen him at all ? ’
28 And during the last four years you have n't seen him at all , while I 've spent nine or ten hours a day with him , sometimes even more if we 're particularly busy .
29 Cos I , I have n't seen him at all .
30 If I think about it I have n't seen him at all .
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