Example sentences of "not seen the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not seen the building for three years and the projecting , metal construction offended her as impetigo would , sprouting from the face of a beautiful woman . |
| 2 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 3 | He hardly knew a thing about the world and had not seen the sun for twenty-five years . |
| 4 | He had not seen the correspondence about the lines through Denbigh , as his men no longer worked over , nor signed the road to Denbigh . |
| 5 | Although some US rugby enthusiasts were able to tap into these satellite transmissions to view the matches live , the majority have not seen the heroics of the best players in their sport . |
| 6 | If there is doubt about the cause of death — if , for example , the death was sudden and the doctor had not seen the person within fourteen days of death , or if they had no general practitioner , the coroner must be informed , and will decide whether it is necessary to hold a post mortem . |
| 7 | I 've not seen the wife for a month . ’ |
| 8 | He was a lawyer who had not seen the Shah for the last twenty years . |
| 9 | Instead , we shall zoom in on the ‘ new boys ’ two of which are far from new and have not seen the light of day for many a long year . |
| 10 | Alston replied to this in 1756 , his minute writing condensing to a single sheet thoughts which Miller 's careful copper-plate would stretch to three , and concluded that Edinburgh lagged behind Chelsea in some reading — he had not seen the Voyages until quite recently . |
| 11 | You may also have to state facts which are obvious to you , but not to cousins who have not seen the family for several years . |
| 12 | We were taken in by the lies which the Lebanese told about themselves ; we had to believe we had not seen the blood on the stairs . |
| 13 | I have not seen the leaflet to which my hon. Friend refers , so I do not know the details . |
| 14 | This week has not seen the end of the row about Europe in the Conservative party , but merely a regrouping of forces for the battle still to come . |
| 15 | ‘ They were all looking round the screen saying they had not seen the bum of anyone famous before , ’ he recalls . |
| 16 | Anne , 33 , was first on the scene at Burnaby Dun , Yorks , after worried neighbours reported they had not seen the woman for some time . |
| 17 | No , Mr Patel was very sorry , no , he had not seen the face of the man who worked on the car . |
| 18 | It is not appropriate here to analyse , nor even to state , the many reasons for this difficulty , but after scrutinising the research findings I have to say that LEAs have on the whole not seen the implications of the 1981 Act for social services departments or district health authorities . |
| 19 | ‘ You have n't seen the half of it . |
| 20 | He has n't seen the river on a Saturday . |
| 21 | ‘ We have n't seen the bottom of the market yet but the trend is in the right direction . ’ |
| 22 | I have n't seen the likes of it in Belfast for a while … |
| 23 | I have n't seen the work of Earl Haig since Austen Haynes 's balmy days in York . |
| 24 | But if you think that 's rough , you have n't seen the future-sport of Skate Wars . |
| 25 | But the project still has n't seen the light of day . |
| 26 | But he admitted he had n't seen the pictures before firing Mr Hughes from his £22,000-a-year job with office equipment suppliers Fellowes . |
| 27 | ‘ Have n't seen the like of that for a while then , have we ? ’ said Gloria . |
| 28 | I have n't seen the like in many years . |
| 29 | He had n't seen the tug at first because it was alongside on the far side . |
| 30 | I had told Ron , who was with me in Rome , that I had n't seen the point in attending the practice , but he had persuaded me that I ought to attend . |