Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] they for " in BNC.
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1 | His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes . |
2 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
3 | I had not seen them for over two years . |
4 | I had not seen them for some time . |
5 | ‘ But how can President Aquino overhaul the leadership of the armed forces after she has already commended them for putting down the coup ? ’ asks a congressman and former military officer , Mr Bonifacio Gillego . |
6 | Well yeah , and yes they 've just asked them for forty grand more have n't they ? |
7 | Er I think they genuinely believe their case , it 's not a case that I believe , but I I 've always genuinely respected them for the case they take . |
8 | No , I 've always admired them for doing it their own way and getting away with it all the way to the end . |
9 | A spokesman for the I R A said its active service unit had tragically mistaken them for British soldiers . |
10 | A physicist colleague has kindly calculated them for me . |
11 | A couple of Russian exiles ; I have n't seen them for ten years . |
12 | It was a full week before they reappeared in The Bar ; we had n't seen them for six nights and there had been much discussion . |
13 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
14 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
15 | We had n't seen them for more than eight years , as they had lived in Florida before moving to Corfu . |
16 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
17 | I have n't seen them for a while |
18 | I have n't seen them for years . |
19 | Oh gosh , I have n't seen them for a |
20 | So we thought , go see these friends , have n't seen them for ages , we 'll take it with us , and they did n't open it , and we were really upset , because we , it was a present |
21 | Well last night I thought oh I 'd better cut her toenails cos I had n't done them for weeks like . |
22 | Yes they have but they have n't got them for free . |
23 | No , you have n't got them for your |
24 | The old gag had n't fooled them for a minute . |
25 | Town have n't beaten them for two years … |
26 | One doctor summed up the change : ‘ We 've actually seen them for once ; they 've been out here visiting just to make sure that we are aware of their potential services . ’ |
27 | I guess i have to start watching these games again sometime soon — have nt seen them for years — i could relive the period — watching the games and sending out match reports to rec.sport.soccer the day after — 4 years after the events took place — sort of a madmans project i guess … but could have been — really — fun if i had the time ( ie no work & no wife/kid … ) |
28 | I 've never asked them for anything before … then all of a sudden , you become partly dependent on them … it 's very difficult . |