Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
2 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
3 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
4 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
5 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
6 | She had not seen him for a month . |
7 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
8 | His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes . |
9 | ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’ |
10 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
11 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
12 | The old gag had n't fooled them for a minute . |
13 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |
14 | And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park . |
15 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |
16 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
17 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
18 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
19 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
20 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
21 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
22 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
23 | ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’ |
24 | We have n't done it for a while . |
25 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
26 | Have n't seen her for a while . |
27 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
28 | Have n't seen her for a couple of month , have you ? |
29 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
30 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |