Example sentences of "had [not/n't] seen [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At first it had not mattered that the rain prevented him from going outdoors ; there was so much to talk about between himself and Uncle Walter ; they had not seen each other for twelve years .
2 The Chirwas had not seen each other for eight years before our delegation saw them together .
3 Cara had not seen much sense to it .
4 ‘ Marriage will be the end of his talent , ’ Bonamy predicted , though I had not seen much talent in the poems Robin had so far shown me .
5 Spittals was still one inspector down on his personnel establishment and had not seen any evidence of progress on the Mills murder .
6 We had not seen another vehicle all day .
7 Glasses in hand , the chattering groups mixed and mingled , broke and re-formed , greeted each other with glad cries as if they had n't seen each other for years , not just that afternoon .
8 But as they had n't seen each other since the day they both left the house , I did n't think my debut in The Jungle Book was the best time for a reunion .
9 Even if we had n't seen each other for ages and ages , I 'd know he was still fond of me because I 'm his sister .
10 Not for long-I mean , we had n't seen each other for years .
11 It was old news , but they had n't seen each other to talk of it .
12 They had n't seen each other for a long time .
13 They had n't seen each other for so long .
14 Since she was going to be evicted any moment , she had n't seen much point in unpacking anything else .
15 And I went down , and come back up with this tray of drinks and er Mike screaming , and I still had n't seen this feller I give the other drinks out , well when I went to take his in well he was as black as two o'clock in the morning was n't he ?
16 And then when they eventually complained , when other people were involved , complained , Reverend he had n't seen this chap either .
17 This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living .
18 She wished she had n't seen this house where her father had lived .
19 But when the time finally arrived , he had n't seen any sign of her at all .
20 Hewlett told Electronic News that it had n't seen any fall-off of interest in the HP9000 Series 1200 machines it buys OEM from Sequoia , but if it did , it could ‘ take over what it needed , whether that 's technology rights or manufacturing rights or whatever . ’
21 Something special , we had n't seen any thing
22 Cos they had n't seen any danger to it I suppose .
23 I had n't seen any show yet — all the books seemed to imply I should have had one by now .
24 We replaced the police barrier to prevent a repetition of Sal 's sudden decision to travel sideways , although I had n't seen another car on the hill either time I 'd been there .
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