Example sentences of "not see [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not seeing Fen for weeks or seeing him and knowing the futility of it all . |
| 2 | Leith asked promptly , sometimes not seeing Rosemary for days , but missing her now she was n't around . |
| 3 | He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while . |
| 4 | I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view . |
| 5 | I had not seen Hugo for three hours . |
| 6 | Ten of the Ver 's 15 miles have not seen water for more than five years . |
| 7 | He saw Anna occasionally but he had not seen Freda for years though he had to admit that he might not have recognised her had he passed her in the street . |
| 8 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 9 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 10 | He then went into the Army and did not see Minton for some time . |
| 11 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
| 12 | Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours . |
| 13 | He went to all the openings , parties and dinners that he wanted to and frequently did not see Constance for several days . |
| 14 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 15 | You have n't seen Alexander for a long time , have you ? |
| 16 | and , and , well and to you as well Viv but er I have n't seen Viv , I have n't seen Pete for a while . |
| 17 | I had n't seen Malc for some months . |
| 18 | ‘ Why , we have n't seen Flora for years . ’ |
| 19 | He had n't seen Karen for years . |
| 20 | Ah , I only said to Chris the other day , I thought god I have n't seen Trevor for ages , I honestly did and I , I did n't think you know , anything wrong with him . |
| 21 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 22 | It 's the same as that place in Australia where they have n't seen rain for seventeen years , I mean there 's children who are grown up now at college have never seen a spot of rain , I 'd hate that I 'd rather have our , sometimes dismal climate . |
| 23 | For a start , she had n't seen Rosemary for fifteen minutes and she did not want her to feel left out . |
| 24 | Gatsby is very nervous , as he has n't seen Daisy for many years and if she no longer loves him his whole purpose for living has gone . |
| 25 | Nick stuffed and stuffed as if he had n't seen food for weeks but Carrie could hardly eat anything . |
| 26 | We have n't seen Helen for ages now have we ? |
| 27 | And anyway , I have n't seen Billy for Christ knows how long , and I never knew him well . |
| 28 | Christina had n't seen Martin for about six months , since Stephen had made it plain how much he objected even to a friendship between them . |
| 29 | I did n't see Ted for a while after that . |
| 30 | ‘ After the bust-up I did n't see Rick for several weeks , ’ Lou began . |