Example sentences of "[not/n't] seen [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Major said that the inflation figure was remarkable in a way not seen for many years . |
| 2 | In Tokyo , the Nikkei share index continued its nosedive into depths not seen for five years , despite government efforts to stimulate the slowing economy and the maudlin market . |
| 3 | In this new atmosphere the legislature displayed a determination to defend itself against executive encroachment , not seen for some years . |
| 4 | GORDON Turner has launched a search for the pal he has not seen for forty years . |
| 5 | Some parts of the house he had not seen for twenty years . |
| 6 | Holden 's story contains no suspense , while Lucy 's grips the reader totally ; for example she ‘ forgets ’ to inform the reader for six chapters that ‘ Dr. John ’ is in fact her cousin whom she has not seen for ten years ! |
| 7 | The one she had n't seen for twelve years , had been ranting about , who never raised a finger to help and left it all to Nancy ? |
| 8 | That we would wait for our mother to come home from work with ‘ Lucky Packets ’ full of sherbet , that most of our childhood had been outdoors and here we were inside , with our dad home again , our dad who we had n't seen for four years , here we were having crossed the equator with nine suitcases , where flying fish leapt from the sea , to be in this place . |
| 9 | There 's only Mary and the sisters you have n't seen for ten years , if you can count them . |
| 10 | RETIRED Gordon Turner has launched a search for the best pal he has n't seen in 40 years . |