Example sentences of "seen for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Mrs St Maugham asks a friend whom she has not seen for years to lunch . |
| 2 | When the mayor of Nablus , Zafir al Masri , was assassinated in March 1986 , his funeral turned into the largest pro-PLO demonstration the territories had seen for years . |
| 3 | She had promised Julie that she would be well enough to get up the following day and they would take a trip in the pony and trap to visit friends in the area who Julie had not seen for years . |
| 4 | It was the first airedale I 'd seen for years , maybe the first since the two that shadowed my childhood . |
| 5 | Sammy McIlroy , once an Old Trafford prodigy himself , reckons Giggs is the most exciting player he has seen for years . |
| 6 | If you are like me , and feel hopelessly inadequate having toiled to the top of your favourite peak in what seemed to be ‘ the worst weather I 've seen for years , ’ only to come across a party equipped with jeans , trainers , and Tescos bags , then the Mourne Mountains are for you . |
| 7 | A judge 's verdict of one plot was ‘ by far the best allotment I have seen for years . ’ |
| 8 | A day earlier , some of these veterans had taken part in as emotional and personal a demonstration against a president as Washington has seen for years . |
| 9 | After the reception , we all went in to the ballroom for a five-course Scottish dinner such as I have not seen for years ! |
| 10 | Perhaps I envisaged pleasant , but traumatic , encounters with ex-course mates who I had not seen for years . |
| 11 | Her mouth had contracted in a manner Muriel had not seen for years . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | I mean there 's people I had n't even seen for years that were staying there in Aberdeen came along and offered help . |
| 14 | He 's ready to leave the table , but he 's waiting to greet Doreen , whom he has n't seen for years . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It offers older people the chance to revisit places of interest which they maybe have n't seen for years . |