Example sentences of "see [pron] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Have n't seen them for a long time .
2 ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’
3 Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time .
4 Have n't seen you for a long time have you ?
5 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 .
6 It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up .
7 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 .
8 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 .
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 Her father 's expression was the warmest she 'd seen it for a long time .
11 I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one
12 This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time .
13 ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 ‘ From what you 've told me , I do n't think we 'll see her for a long time unless your Mr Wyatt finds them , and while he thinks you are Dana he wo n't be looking very hard , will he ? ’
17 Yes , said Sister , Mrs Downes had been remarkably lucky , really ; and , yes , Sergeant Lewis could see her for a short while .
18 He would take frustrating and puzzling journeys on the serpentine British railways to see her for a snatched fraction of a weekend in a provincial rep .
19 One though , Urathion of Ullar , saw it for the world-destroying madness that it was .
20 The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause .
21 That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year .
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