Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No , I have not heard from him for a month now . ’
2 If you sent your work to a publisher and have not heard from them for two months , you should write to ask them whether or not they intend to publish it .
3 His father had even telephoned his ex-wife to tell her about what had happened and she had then spoken to Tony , who had not heard from her for some months .
4 The owners feel spurned , wondering why their cat has not come to them for help when it feels seriously ill .
5 They have not come to us for specific assistance under the know-how fund .
6 Faye broke out rebelliously , with a negativity that Belinda had not seen in her for months .
7 Such contact had for her possessed beauty , and he had shaken hands with her upon it ; he had not yelled at her for what she had not given .
8 For instance , if he has money of the client in his hands not entrusted to him for any specific purpose , there is nothing in the section to prevent his retaining the amount due to him out of that money .
9 A 19-year-old single girl took an overdose of tablets after claiming to be in love with a priest — despite the fact she had not spoken to him for four years .
10 Yet that was the situation Rodet was accepting ; and Wolff had not sneered at him for it .
11 ( This consent was necessary because the children had not lived with her for at least three years : see section 9(3) ( c ) and ( 4 ) . )
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