Example sentences of "see [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 2 | Nobody came to see me for three days . |
| 3 | Just recently I was talking to a man who had crossed the world to see someone for this very reason . |
| 4 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was a full week before they reappeared in The Bar ; we had n't seen them for six nights and there had been much discussion . |
| 7 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 8 | A couple of Russian exiles ; I have n't seen them for ten years . |
| 9 | Okay I that would have been okay in that particular case but you did come back to it as benefit , you say we have n't seen you for such a long time that was a not just look at your policies but to put a , a face to the name so I can become your point of reference |
| 10 | ‘ I have n't seen you for five minutes alone today , ’ I complained . |
| 11 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 12 | ‘ Do you realize that I have n't seen you for three whole days , Flavia ? |
| 13 | You know when I look vexed , I goes , because I hav n't seen you for few weeks , and he walked away , come are you walking back with us ? |
| 14 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 15 | " He is , but we have n't seen him for many , many years , for more than we can remember . " |
| 16 | I have n't seen him for many years . ’ |
| 17 | Mind you , I have n't seen him for sixteen years . |
| 18 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 19 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
| 20 | It was one of the joys of life , and particularly she loved dancing tonight with Tony Radcliffe , because he was her oldest friend in the world and this was the first time she had seen him for eighteen months . |
| 21 | I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months . |
| 22 | I have n't seen him for two days . |
| 23 | I had n't seen him for seven years , though I 'd heard about him now and then — he had graduated through minor journalism to publishing , and was now ( I learned by well-placed casual questions ) a leading light in a go-ahead new publishing house specializing in novels by Angry Young Men . |
| 24 | He was quite categorical ; Passmore was there on Friday evening from about seven until closing time , but he had n't seen him for several weeks before then and he has n't seen him since . ’ |
| 25 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 26 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 27 | I have n't seen him for three years or so . |
| 28 | Sarah 's seen Sharon in town she says how 's things and she went and she says where 's Darren , have n't seen him for three days . |
| 29 | She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ . |
| 30 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |