Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have not eaten for hours . ’ |
| 2 | We have not asked for contributions from the voluntary sector in the past as the Newsletter was viewed more as a vehicle to let staff and others know about how Community Care was being implemented from a Social Work Department perspective . |
| 3 | States which reject Part XI on the Deep Seabed have not pressed for amendment , but have taken steps to establish an alternative regime for the area . |
| 4 | We get a lot of people who have not cycled for years , they cycle tentatively for an hour , but then come back again to cycle the whole trail . |
| 5 | As Poole ( 1978 , p. 43 ) observes , the local government administrator typically works ‘ as a subordinate of the specialist , relieving him of those tasks which have not called for specialist experience and qualifications ’ . |
| 6 | But half the ex-Yugoslavs who have come to Western Europe since the start of the Balkan fighting have not applied for asylum . |
| 7 | In Task 44 Extract 1 , for example , we might need to know the political opinions , or temperament , or personal involvement of the person for whom we are writing a report of the demonstration ; and in Extract 2 , a friend with whom we correspond might be nine or ninety , someone we saw last week , or someone we have not seen for decades . |
| 8 | After the reception , we all went in to the ballroom for a five-course Scottish dinner such as I have not seen for years ! |
| 9 | The remaining six patients are free of symptoms , but have not attended for ultrasound examination . |
| 10 | Managers have not , on the whole , been predisposed to numerically oriented analysis , clinicians have not pushed for cost or outcome data preferring to focus upon patient care processes and cash inputs have been on the basis of fairly crude recurring allocations . |
| 11 | A joint statement specified that the two countries had " agreed on the repatriation of those Vietnamese illegal immigrants who have not qualified for resettlement in third countries " and that the forced returns would be " conducted under conditions of order , safety and dignity " . |
| 12 | Mr Major and President Mitterrand have not spoken for weeks , relaying any necessary messages through Germany 's Chancellor Helmut Kohl . |
| 13 | The overseas operations of Wang have not filed for bankruptcy . |
| 14 | Do you realize you have n't called for Emma ? |
| 15 | Cos I 'm not actually losing weight , but my clothes all feel , you know I can get into clothes I have n't worn for ages . |
| 16 | You have to learn that script , it 's got to roll off the tongue , if you do n't know the script , you 'll have it you 'll leave it out , you wo n't do it , you have n't planned for tea which means what ? |
| 17 | In desperation I sometimes reverted to tuning step-by-step by harmonics , something I have n't done for yonks . |
| 18 | It will certainly not seem long if you work consistently toward daily targets , in a few weeks you 'll be doing things you have n't done for years , or never thought possible . |
| 19 | Every night I do something I have n't done for years . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 've promised to look up some old friends I have n't seen for ages . |
| 21 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 22 | It offers older people the chance to revisit places of interest which they maybe have n't seen for years . |
| 23 | She … well , as you know we have n't met for years , and she … she moves in quite different circles , among the elite of Durham , and he 's a churchman connected with the Cathedral . ’ |
| 24 | I have n't played for years . ’ |
| 25 | I have n't slept for weeks , you should see the bags under my eyes — Deardrie , should we get separate beds , or should I get a tape recorder under the covers so he can hear the racket he makes ? |
| 26 | Farming methods in this area of Moldavia have n't changed for decades and the primitive machinery has meant poor harvests . |
| 27 | When you wheel your trolley around the supermarket , you could be forgiven for thinking that our basic foods have n't changed for years . |
| 28 | I have n't dreamed for years , and I was saying that to the girls , I had like , three nights of a really scary dream . |
| 29 | well the the have a training roll and it may well be that the will be able to I mean I have n't spoken for example but they have taken over the functions of the old Manpower Services Commission training agency . |
| 30 | Her father , whom she obviously dotes on and has the highest respect for , thinks he 's a highly suspicious character — he and Andropulos have n't spoken for years . |