Example sentences of "seen a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have n't seen a man for a week . ’ |
| 2 | The big fish had been making for deep water all afternoon and Trent had n't seen a bird for the past hour . |
| 3 | Perhaps you have n't seen a strike for years . |
| 4 | It is not likely that he has seen a pixie for himself . |
| 5 | Mr Luck said that the Mail on Sunday 's critic had only seen a rehearsal for the play . |
| 6 | ‘ In Helsinki , Finland , they have n't seen a case for nearly two years . |
| 7 | However , there are two circumstances in which Parliament has seen a role for the Secretary of State . |
| 8 | For some reason she had n't seen a doctor for some months . ’ |
| 9 | I 've seen a note for that . |
| 10 | Mr Roebuck employed the antiquarian draughtsman and architect John Carter to design the castle , probably after he had seen a design for ‘ a Gothic Mansion ’ by the latter , published in the Builder 's Magazine . |
| 11 | Now no-one 's ever seen a quark for the simple reason that no-one has ever managed to produced a free quark . |
| 12 | One of her hobbies was anaesthetics , and she subscribed to an anaesthetists ' journal in which she had seen an advertisement for a chemist who outfitted doctors ' waiting-rooms and surgeries . |