Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 4 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
| 5 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |
| 6 | Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds . |
| 7 | sha n't want 'em for a long while |
| 8 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 13 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 14 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't use it for a few days , and see how it goes . ’ |
| 18 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 19 | But I did n't ring you for a critical appraisal of my work . |
| 20 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't believe it for a single moment , darling , ’ she repeated earnestly . |
| 22 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 23 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 24 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 25 | I wo n't marry anyone for a long time . |
| 26 | well you could but you could n't sell it for a reasonable price . |
| 27 | I mean I ai n't doing it for a whole week . |
| 28 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It does n't hit you for a long time what you have achieved . |