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 . |