A16

A very long period of time: “I haven’t seen him ________.”

IN AGES	388
IN A COON’S AGE	201
FOR AGES	109
IN YEARS	66
IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS	57
IN A LONG TIME	42
IN A DOG’S AGE	40
FOR YEARS	32
FOR A LONG TIME	29
FOR A COON’S AGE	16
SINCE HEC WAS A PUP	16
SINCE HECTOR WAS A PUP	15
IN A BLUE MOON	13
IN AN AGE	11
FOR A MONTH OF SUNDAYS	8
LONG TIME	8
NR	8
FOR MONTHS	6
IN MONTHS	6
IN A LONG WHILE	5
FOR A DOG’S AGE	4
FOR QUITE A WHILE	4
FOREVER	4
IN A GOOD WHILE	4
IN A LONG LONG TIME	4
IN AN ETERNITY	4
FOR AN AGE	3
FOR DAYS	3
FOR EONS	3
FOR SOME TIME	3
IN A CENTURY	3
IN A HUNDRED YEARS	3
IN COON’S AGES	3
IN EVER SO LONG	3
IN QUITE A SPELL	3
IN QUITE A WHILE	3
LONG TIME NO SEE	3
YEARS	3
FOR A HECK OF A LONG TIME	2
FOR A LONG WHILE	2
FOR A WHILE	2
FOR EVER SO LONG	2
FOR YEARS AND YEARS	2
HELL OF A WHILE	2
IN A HELL OF A WHILE	2
IN DOG DAYS	2
IN DOOMSDAY	2
IN EONS	2
IN SEVERAL YEARS	2
IN SOME TIME	2
IN YEARS AND YEARS	2
QUITE A WHILE	2
RECENTLY	2
SINCE BUCK WAS A CALF	2
SINCE I DON’T KNOW WHEN	2
SINCE THE WOODS BURNED	2
CENTURIES	1
DAMN LONG TIME NO SEE	1
EVER SO LONG	1
FOR A HELL OF A LONG TIME	1
FOR A HELL OF A WHILE	1
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS	1
FOR A LONG LONG TIME	1
FOR A LONG PAST	1
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS	1
FOR AGES AND AGES	1
FOR AN ETERNITY	1
FOR HOURS	1
FOR I DON’T KNOW WHEN	1
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS	1
FOR SEVERAL MOONS	1
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS	1
FOR SUCH A LONG TIME	1
FOR WEEKS	1
FORTNIGHT	1
GOD KNOWS WHEN	1
GOD ONLY KNOWS WHEN	1
GOOD PERIOD OF TIME	1
GOOD WHILE	1
HELL OF A LONG TIME	1
HUNDRED YEARS	1
I SELDOM EVER SEE HIM	1
IN (NUMBER) MOONS	1
IN A AGE	1
IN A COON’S DAY	1
IN A DEVIL OF A TIME	1
IN A FEW MOONS	1
IN A GREAT WHILE	1
IN A HECK OF A WHILE	1
IN A HECK OF LONG TIME	1
IN A HELL OF A LONG TIME	1
IN A LIFETIME	1
IN A LONG LONG LONG TIME	1
IN A LONG LONG OLD TIME	1
IN A MILLION YEARS	1
IN A MONKEY’S AGE	1
IN A MONTH OF AGES	1
IN A PERFECT AGE	1
IN A POSSUM’S LIFETIME	1
IN A SEASON	1
IN A THOUSAND YEARS	1
IN A WEEK	1
IN A WHIT	1
IN A YEAR	1
IN AN AGE OF YEARS	1
IN BLAZES	1
IN CENTURIES	1
IN COON AGES	1
IN COON’S DAYS	1
IN DOG’S YEARS	1
IN FORTY YEARS	1
IN HEAVEN KNOWS WHEN	1
IN MANY A DAY	1
IN MANY YEARS	1
IN QUITE A LONG WHILE	1
IN QUITE A SPACE OF TIME	1
IN QUITE A TIME	1
IN SEVERAL DAYS	1
IN SEVERAL WEEKS	1
IN SO LONG	1
IN SO LONG A TIME	1
IN TEN YEARS	1
IN THIRTY YEARS	1
IN WEEKS	1
LONG SPELL	1
LONG WHILE	1
MONTH OF SUNDAYS	1
MONTHS	1
NOW AND THEN	1
QUITE A SPELL	1
QUITE SOME TIME	1
REAL LONG TIME	1
SCORES AND BLOWS	1
SINCE	1
SINCE A MONTH OF SUNDAYS	1
SINCE GOD KNOWS WHEN	1
SINCE HANNAH WAS A RAG DOLL	1
SINCE HE OWES ME TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS	1
SINCE HE WAS A PUP	1
“SINCE HELL WAS A PUP, AND HE DIED OF OLD AGE”	1
SINCE I SAW YOU IN CHURCH	1
SINCE I WAS A BOY	1
SINCE I WAS A KID	1
SINCE I WAS A PUP	1
SINCE IT RAINED LAST	1
SINCE KINGDOM COME	1
SINCE LAST WEEK MONDAY	1
SINCE MOSES WAS A PUP	1
SINCE NINETEEN-FIFTY-SEVEN	1
SINCE RING WAS A PUPPY	1
SINCE SUNUP	1
SINCE THAT TIME	1
SINCE THE CONCORD FIGHT	1
SINCE THE COWS LAST GAVE MILK	1
SINCE THE FLOOD	1
SINCE THE HOGS EAT MY LITTLE BROTHER UP	1
SINCE THE RIVER CAME THROUGH	1
SINCE THE WIND BLEWED LAST	1
SINCE THE WOODS BURNED OFF	1
SINCE THE WOODS BURNT OFF	1
SINCE THE WOODS CAUGHT FIRE	1
SINCE THE WOODS HAS BURNED	1
SINCE THE WOODS WAS AFIRE	1
SINCE THE WOODS WAS ON FIRE	1
SINCE THE WOODS WERE BURNT	1
SINCE THE YEAR ONE	1
SINCE TIGE WAS A PUP	1
SINCE TIME ONE	1
SINCE YOU WAS KNEE-HIGH	1
WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN KEEPING YOURSELF	1
YEARS AGO	1

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