Those were the first words he had spoken in three years.

He had not spoken a word to her in four years before this afternoon.

She has not spoken to him in more than 20 years.

He is later revealed to be her father, who she had not spoken to in many years.

The reason you haven't spoken to him in ten years.

How did you learn to speak English so well in four years?

He hadn't spoken German in many years, but the language now seemed warm and comfortable.

That's why he and I haven't spoken in ten years.

We met a professor from Panama who hadn't spoken english in 20 years.

They were the first words she had spoken, even to herself, in more than a hundred years.