Example sentences of "see [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend . |
| 2 | Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’ |
| 3 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to see someone for a minute . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Have n't seen you for a while , Mac , ’ she said , tight-lipped as she dropped the cheese rolls into a brown paper bag . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 17 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 21 | I have n't seen him for a day or two , ’ said the girl , ‘ but he usually comes in about now . ’ |
| 22 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 23 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
| 24 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 25 | I have n't seen him for a while actually . |
| 26 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 27 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 30 | ‘ Nobody 's seen her for a week , and she 's not taken any of her stuff . ’ |