Example sentences of "he had [not/n't] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 2 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
| 3 | He had n't felt anything for three days now . |
| 4 | She had only to take one look at him to realise he had n't forgiven her for walking out on him , nor for going to see Robert Dexter behind his back , and her heart sank . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time . |
| 7 | He had n't seen her for five years . |
| 8 | Someone ought to talk to Lily Bates , yes , that was what he had said and meant , but it might not have been him if he had n't seen her for himself that afternoon between five and six , the period between Hook Road School closing and Rose leaving her office at Belmodes ; the time Steve would have made his own . |
| 9 | Well he had n't seen her for many years ? |
| 10 | He had n't seen him for years but knew of his bass playing . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | But she , watching him , was surprised that he had n't seen it for himself . |
| 13 | She wanted to know if Sergeant Joe would like her dad 's evening paper , if he had n't bought one for himself . |
| 14 | I could n't understand why they bothered to take him on , because he had n't won anything for years . |