Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [pers pn] for [num] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd not seen him for six months .
2 I 've not seen him for twenty years .
3 ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’
4 We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks .
5 He had n't seen her for five years .
6 I have n't seen her for two weeks now .
7 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 .
8 A couple of Russian exiles ; I have n't seen them for ten years .
9 Mind you , I have n't seen him for sixteen years .
10 I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months .
11 I have n't seen him for two days .
12 ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway .
13 She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ .
14 I had n't seen him for seven years , though I 'd heard about him now and then — he had graduated through minor journalism to publishing , and was now ( I learned by well-placed casual questions ) a leading light in a go-ahead new publishing house specializing in novels by Angry Young Men .
15 I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’
16 I have n't seen him for three years or so .
17 Sarah 's seen Sharon in town she says how 's things and she went and she says where 's Darren , have n't seen him for three days .
18 ‘ I have n't seen you for five minutes alone today , ’ I complained .
19 ‘ Do you realize that I have n't seen you for three whole days , Flavia ?
20 I have n't seen it for sixty year . ’
21 And then the next little breath he 's off to America and you do n't see him for four weeks .
22 I really missed her if I did n't see her for six hours .
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