Example sentences of "[adv] see [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose we were old friends who were meeting again after not seeing each other for many years . |
| 2 | At first it had not mattered that the rain prevented him from going outdoors ; there was so much to talk about between himself and Uncle Walter ; they had not seen each other for twelve years . |
| 3 | On every occasion there was a suicide attempt , we would find out that the other had attempted suicide at the identical time , even though they may have been hundreds of miles apart and not seen each other for months . |
| 4 | These involve her talking to a Jem , a childhood admirer , and on these occasions Boehemer captures the awkwardness of two people who have not seen each other for years meeting up . |
| 5 | The Chirwas had not seen each other for eight years before our delegation saw them together . |
| 6 | I 've not seen proper sun for months … ’ |
| 7 | Robson , 35 , has not seen first-team action for five months due to hamstring and sciatica problems , but last Saturday he played 80 minutes of an A team game . |
| 8 | You have just seen three adverts for coffee , a new car and a new kitchen gadget . |
| 9 | They had a son but divorced eight years later , and did not see each other for the next 45 years , until January when they met at an 80th birthday party of Dougan 's sister Gwendoline . |
| 10 | Although he was satisfied with his progress , he did not see much possibility for immediate promotion . |
| 11 | I do not see any basis for the figure that the hon. Gentleman advances . |
| 12 | I do not see any reason for using anything special , so I choose to bait with two items , bread and worms . |
| 13 | It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration . |
| 14 | Even is we use only the lowest numbers available , based on official statistics , we are still seeing acute poverty for 873,000 people . |
| 15 | He 's been so busy catching murderers we 've hardly seen each other for three weeks . |
| 16 | Interestingly , we are also seeing increasing support for the reforms from the medical profession itself and increasing take-up of them . |
| 17 | I have also seen written applications for the CID ridiculed by those inside , and listened to the expressions of disbelief that these naïve applicants were ‘ so short of shillings that they did n't realise that admission was by invitation only ’ . |
| 18 | Gould was immediately attracted to the art of lithography for the same reasons as Lear — the relative inexpensiveness of production and the lack of training required — but he also saw great potential for Lear 's large-size format and colourful plates , which could , Gould thought , if properly promoted and well managed , prove extremely lucrative . |
| 19 | The pre-season period also saw more improvements for players , reporters and public . |
| 20 | Er I think from Craven 's point of view erm we could n't really see any justification for a strategic exceptions policy in Craven 's case . |
| 21 | Being Mario , that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there was n't enough food to put on the table , and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life , of the value of tradition , thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American , of the kind of clean life America had offered , of his gratitude , of his feeling for his father who 'd made this giant move at such cost to himself , who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves . |
| 22 | I have n't seen two sweeties for er , well I have n't seen Jonathan since the the third of Ja erm January is it , or the second of January or whatever and er |
| 23 | You talk as if you have n't seen each other for months , ca n't stand each other and ca n't wait to get away ’ . |
| 24 | Glasses in hand , the chattering groups mixed and mingled , broke and re-formed , greeted each other with glad cries as if they had n't seen each other for years , not just that afternoon . |
| 25 | Even if we had n't seen each other for ages and ages , I 'd know he was still fond of me because I 'm his sister . |
| 26 | Not for long-I mean , we had n't seen each other for years . |
| 27 | They had n't seen each other for a long time . |
| 28 | They had n't seen each other for so long . |
| 29 | We have n't seen each other for such a long time . |
| 30 | Have n't seen real carpet for months . ’ |