I haven't seen her , or , I hadn't seen her.
I saw a friend after a long time, then I'm talking about this to another friend the next day.
In this case, which sentence is correct ?
"I saw a friend yesterday. I haven't seen her for long." or should I say,
" I saw a friend yesterday. I hadn't seen her for long." In a conversatioal way, which is proper?

Question

I haven't seen her , or , I hadn't seen her.
I saw a friend after a long time, then I'm talking about this to another friend the next day.
In this case, which sentence is correct ?  
"I saw a friend yesterday.  I haven't seen her for long."  or should I say, 
" I saw a friend yesterday.  I hadn't seen her for long."   In a conversatioal way, which is proper?

Answer

I hadn't seen her IN A long TIME.

I ran into somebody I hadn't seen in a long time.

Answer

I saw a friend yesterday that I hadn't seen in a long time
I saw a friend yesterday that I hadn't seen  for such a long time
I saw a friend yesterday that I hadn't seen  in ages

I ran into somebody that I hadn't seen in a long time.

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