Example sentences of "n't see [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike was on his way home from school when he met his uncle whom he had n't seen for ages . |
| 2 | ‘ But I 've promised to look up some old friends I have n't seen for ages . |
| 3 | Who I had n't seen for goodness knows how long . |
| 4 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 5 | He 's ready to leave the table , but he 's waiting to greet Doreen , whom he has n't seen for years . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It offers older people the chance to revisit places of interest which they maybe have n't seen for years . |
| 8 | still does n't fit and that 's the thing yeah I mean all this morning was saying you have n't seen under fire , they do n't stop and look around if they get down into cover he said how they suppose to know who 's firing or not ? , you know . |
| 9 | It was excellent fun and a really good chance to catch up with friends I had n't seen since graduation . |
| 10 | I spend part of the afternoon in the refreshment tent , enjoying a few reminiscences with some mates I have n't seen since Moses 's big match against Pharaoh 's magicians . |
| 11 | This is Lawrence 's , er Lawrence seven overs , nought to thirty-four and we have n't seen from Lewis yet . |
| 12 | Marion had hoped for a disco maybe , or else a smart hotel , but this … well , once weddings were in the air , they all came out of the woodwork : aunts and cousins you had n't seen in years , bringing engagement presents . |
| 13 | Erm number one strength Alan erm although he does n't see to eye T eye eye to eye with er a lot of the city institutions and a lot of the shareholders erm he he does know his business erm and he has quite a strong character , very forceful and . |
| 14 | What Adam does n't see to falls to me . |
| 15 | and I say round Vauxhalls the only thing we did n't see at Vauxhalls was the er paint shop |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't see beyond Midsummer Day . |
| 17 | The plebeians are a bit thick , as they did n't see through Caesar . |
| 18 | Or the nineteen thirties book is like one of the things that really inspired me because it showed me that you can do type that looks as though , I mean it can be composed as though in metal and not be boring — can not be , manufactured , you know hum drum , by varying the weights and by massing it , and also one of the things they do , that you see in those books that you did n't see in printing , was this size of type . |
| 19 | And we do n't see in principle any reason to divert from them . |
| 20 | ‘ But you did say the Gruncher ca n't see in front of him because of all the clouds of smoke he blows , ’ Little Billy said . |
| 21 | Ca n't see in front of her nose ! |
| 22 | All the same , there are Orange Lodges in Donegal , which you would n't see in County Cork . |
| 23 | What I certainly would n't see in Shetland were snow buntings carrying food in below the same boulders as the puffins , while their mates sang their lovely wild song from the top . |
| 24 | And he used to erm things you do n't see in allotments today , he used to build the clamps for the pits for storing winter potatoes and turnips and that sort of thing in the garden . |
| 25 | So , I do n't see from Pearson 's point of view that , that a government of any complexion will alter what we can and er , or ca n't do in relation to our current er , holdings . |