Example sentences of "not [vb pp] he for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 2 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 3 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 4 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 6 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 7 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 8 | Mind you , I have n't seen him for sixteen years . |
| 9 | I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months . |
| 10 | I have n't seen him for two days . |
| 11 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
| 12 | " He is , but we have n't seen him for many , many years , for more than we can remember . " |
| 13 | I have n't seen him for many years . ’ |
| 14 | He was quite categorical ; Passmore was there on Friday evening from about seven until closing time , but he had n't seen him for several weeks before then and he has n't seen him since . ’ |
| 15 | She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't seen him for some time . ’ |
| 17 | She had n't seen him for some years , of course , but she was sure that it was n't like him to be so edgy … so extraordinarily tense and restless . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 20 | I have n't seen him for three years or so . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He has n't , they have n't paid him for this car yet |