Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 2 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 3 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 4 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 5 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 6 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 8 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 9 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 10 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 11 | Erm I know he 's not seen anyone for thirteen years but did , did it just come through the post , sign here , send it back |
| 12 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
| 13 | He quotes Thomas Jefferson : ‘ This country needs a rebellion every 20 years ' , and the USA has not had one for 200 . ’ |
| 14 | not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard |
| 15 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |
| 16 | I have n't owned you for ten years . |
| 17 | He had n't felt anything for three days now . |
| 18 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 19 | As I saw it , they were either downmarket Wimpy bars or precious bistros where all you could hear were the sounds of the cutlery hitting the plate , and people would cough before speaking because they had n't said anything for such a long time , what with all the hush . |
| 20 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
| 21 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 22 | I have n't seen her for bloody ages . |
| 23 | He had n't seen her for five years . |
| 24 | I have n't seen her for two weeks now . |
| 25 | Well he had n't seen her for many years ? |
| 26 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |
| 27 | She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time . |
| 28 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A couple of Russian exiles ; I have n't seen them for ten years . |