Example sentences of "[noun] had see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ewan had seen you leap on Hector , and struck out at you — I tried to hold back his blow ! ’ |
| 2 | She did n't know what Dmitri had seen in her . |
| 3 | As they approached , Corbett realised the fortifications of Earlston were a square tower of pleasing proportions within a stockade or peel which Corbett had seen many times on his journeys into Scotland . |
| 4 | The houses were scattered around , low-slung , timbered , with a thatched roof and small porch ; it was a village scene similar to many Corbett had seen elsewhere except for the small dark people , their furtive looks and quiet ways . |
| 5 | It was a tactic Corbett had seen used in Wales , cavalry never stopping to confront an enemy but breaking away , eluding the trap . |
| 6 | A few were downright criminal : Corbett had seen cases in King 's Bench of priests who used their churches to brew beer , as gambling dens , or even worse . |
| 7 | Dr Neil had seen her few poor items of food decently arranged upon a napkin in the bottom of the basket , and there seemed little doubt that she was actually living in the district — although why he could not imagine . |
| 8 | Dr Neil had seen McAllister 's face change even as he spoke so carelessly to her . |
| 9 | The Icelanders had seen precious little sun that summer and peeling noses were instant and plentiful . |
| 10 | Like many others , Schellenberg had seen it as employment , not as a political ideal , and his rise had been astonishing . |
| 11 | Marie had thought about telling him the truth : that Bella had seen him and the police would soon be after him . |
| 12 | Whereas the late nineteenth-century organizations had seen themselves as combating indiscipline , irreligion , immorality , and social neglect of their members , the Scout movement looked to encourage certain positive values necessary for national and imperial security . |
| 13 | All this I knew before we met one warm summer Sunday , after the brothers had seen my unfinished manuscript . |
| 14 | Bernice had seen such items in the Cultural Histories Museum on Adorno . |
| 15 | Bernice had seen enough . |
| 16 | Bernice had seen a number of films where that had succeeded , and more importantly thought it likely that everybody had seen at least one film where that less than daring idea had been tried . |
| 17 | And Rital , whose east European eyes had seen been and done it all for more of a century than she chose to admit , merely shrugged and locked the door . |
| 18 | His sharp eyes had seen a figure moving in the darkness in front of us , and as the man came closer , I could see that it was indeed Stapleton . |
| 19 | She could sit in the armchairs : Marie had seen her . |
| 20 | But Marie had seen what was wrong : the string of the balloon was slowly slipping through the baby 's fingers . |
| 21 | It was a dream , it had been a long time since Hari had seen her mother smile for the death of her husband had knocked all the spirit out of Win Morgan . |
| 22 | Even recently a white South African registered surprise on hearing that Nelson Mandela could speak , 40 years on , with fresh enthusiasm of a Neil Harvey innings , 151 at Kingsmead , Durban in 1951 , that Mandela had seen the young Harvey score . |
| 23 | The man who had offered the seat had seen Ianthe as a tall fragile-looking woman in a pretty blue hat that matched her eyes . |
| 24 | Like the commander , whom Peter met at Plumford Vicarage just before they left for Abbotsfield , the car had seen better days . |
| 25 | The Trident programme had seen the start of the pressure , because the submarine-launched system was the priority programme at the Establishment . |
| 26 | It was a particular , exact colour ; Musgrave had seen it only once before , in a special department of the Bank of England where they incinerated notes which had been taken out of circulation . |
| 27 | Other pilotage parties had seen mixed fortunes : Don Amer 's help was spurned by one flotilla officer who managed later to put his cargo personnel ashore 1½ miles ( over 2km ) off their target . |
| 28 | But it was too late , their kids had seen me . |
| 29 | He said the police were talking to everyone Angie had seen in the two weeks before she … well … vanished , and so far had come up with nothing . |
| 30 | The dancers , from what Lucy had seen , were all pretty good in their way ; she 'd even begun to develop a liking for Maurice , who 'd winked at her in the corridor earlier . |