Example sentences of "n't [vb pp] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
2 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |
3 | Have n't seen her for a while . |
4 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
5 | Have n't seen her for a couple of month , have you ? |
6 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
7 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
8 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
9 | I have n't seen them for a while |
10 | Oh gosh , I have n't seen them for a |
11 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
12 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
13 | Oh I was very , I have n't seen him for a while , being ill you do n't , but er , he was always sending messages of good will when I was in hospital . |
14 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
15 | I have n't seen him for a day or two , ’ said the girl , ‘ but he usually comes in about now . ’ |
16 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
17 | I have n't seen him for a while actually . |
18 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while . ’ |
19 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while , Mac , ’ she said , tight-lipped as she dropped the cheese rolls into a brown paper bag . |
20 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
21 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
22 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
23 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
24 | We have n't done it for a while . |
25 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
26 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
27 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
28 | I mean I have n't thanked her for the money she sent . |
29 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
30 | You have n't used us for a while . |