Choose the best option (a, b, c, or d) to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.

It's nearly twenty years since my father saw his brother.

---> My father ________________________________________

• A. 
  saw his brother for nearly twenty years.
• B. 
  has seen his brother for nearly twenty years.
• C. 
  didn't see his brother nearly twenty years ago.
• D. 
  hasn't seen his-brother for nearly twenty years.