Example sentences of "have seen [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time . |
| 2 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 3 | I 've seen her for a few minutes , but now they 've taken her to be X-rayed . |
| 4 | Well I 've seen 'em for a hundred now actually , a hundred quid . |
| 5 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 6 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |