Example sentences of "n't [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have n't heard anything for quite some time now . |
| 2 | We have n't heard anything for |
| 3 | Have n't heard it for years . |
| 4 | not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard |
| 5 | What happened , though , was he ordered one of the captains on a dangerous mission-just how dangerous I knew — on which he 'd been wounded and the young wives had n't forgiven her for it . |
| 6 | She had only to take one look at him to realise he had n't forgiven her for walking out on him , nor for going to see Robert Dexter behind his back , and her heart sank . |
| 7 | ‘ Yeah , and a long memory ; I still have n't forgiven you for not trying to rescue me on the ice that time . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I still ai n't forgiven you for what you said , but when all 's said and done , blood 's thicker than water . ’ |
| 9 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |
| 10 | I have n't owned you for ten years . |
| 11 | You have n't owned it for over a year . |
| 12 | I could n't understand why they bothered to take him on , because he had n't won anything for years . |
| 13 | He had n't felt anything for three days now . |
| 14 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 15 | As I saw it , they were either downmarket Wimpy bars or precious bistros where all you could hear were the sounds of the cutlery hitting the plate , and people would cough before speaking because they had n't said anything for such a long time , what with all the hush . |
| 16 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
| 17 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 18 | I said ‘ Hello , you are looking well ’ , He said ‘ I do n't know you ’ , to which I replied ‘ I do n't expect you to , you have n't seen me for over 2O years . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He 's got a wife in his home , but he ai n't seen her for ages . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | One had n't seen her for ages . |
| 23 | She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time . |
| 24 | Dad hated old Gran anyway , we had n't seen her for years and she always sent me Californian Poppy Bath Salts for Christmas . |
| 25 | I did n't notice at first ; I saw her walking down the street in front of me , and without any hesitation I knew who it was — I had n't seen her for over a year , she had cut her hair off short and was wearing a dress , but I knew . |
| 26 | I have n't seen her for ages . ’ |
| 27 | Have n't seen her for ages . ’ |
| 28 | I had n't seen her since when we were on remand , and then we both got sentenced and got sent to different prisons , so I had n't seen her for nearly a year . |
| 29 | He had n't seen her for five years . |
| 30 | " I have n't seen her for several weeks then she came in about two hours ago — sort of staggered into the kitchen , and she was carrying the kitten in her mouth . |