Example sentences of "[vb past] seen [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In a word — fantastic ! ’ she replied , and would have trotted out all she 'd seen again , had not a waiter come along and placed a menu in her hands . |
| 2 | The only vehicles he 'd seen here so polished were hearses . |
| 3 | After the lesson he told me that he wanted to buy a really good shirt he 'd seen somewhere , and I enquired into the resale potential of the item with a view to recovering my outlay in case of bankruptcy , which amused him further ; and then I gave him my terms . |
| 4 | Morse thought it must be the splendid grandfather clock he 'd seen somewhere that he heard chiming the three-quarters ( 10.45 a.m. ) as he and Lewis sat beside each other in a deep settee in the Lancaster Room . |
| 5 | She was lifting her hand to knock again when the door was flung open and she was confronted by the woman she 'd seen outside who stared at her defiantly , her painted face incongruous against the fall of grimy hair over her shoulders . |
| 6 | ‘ The doctor will be here soon , and I 'm sure — ’ She turned as the door behind her opened , and the curly-haired doctor she 'd seen briefly in the dining-room came softly towards the bed . |
| 7 | Sylvie started to chat about films she 'd seen recently . |
| 8 | So 'd you if you 'd seen as many horror and sci-fi movies as I have , ’ says Rainbow . |
| 9 | One Manchester United fan insisted he 'd seen very few disturbances . |
| 10 | There was an Indian restaurant I 'd seen there , near Sloane Square . |
| 11 | But there was a sadness in Alina 's eyes now , unlike anything that he 'd seen there before ; a sadness not for what had been , but for what could never be . |
| 12 | Quick as a flash , she lunged inside the box for the sheet of paper which she 'd seen there . |
| 13 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 14 | They 'd seen too many of their comrades tread on something nasty or gut-shot in a FAKINTIL ambush . |
| 15 | The verdict brought relief for some neighbours who said they 'd seen too many animals suffer over the years . |
| 16 | It was a countenance I 'd seen before ; only the mirror 's frame was more ornate . |
| 17 | He put on a soppy-dog look that she 'd seen before . |
| 18 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 19 | He had drawn the cross he 'd seen so briefly , and coloured the stones red and the setting yellow . |
| 20 | No wonder I 'd seen so little of her . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'd seen so many terrible pictures on TV and when we arrived in the country I wondered if it was all true . |
| 22 | After all , I 'd seen only photographs of his new personality . |
| 23 | A strong , dark , classical face , with a cleft chin and that peculiarly haunting quality she 'd seen only in the paintings of old masters . |
| 24 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 25 | Philip remembered the room he 'd seen yesterday , empty and dead , shaped like a shoe-box . |
| 26 | I 'd seen long ago in a wild-life programme about |
| 27 | We guessed that this was the same set we 'd seen long ago on the journey from the Scullery when Abed had wanted to stop us reading them . |
| 28 | The smoke I 'd seen earlier was from a bricked-in fire under a cauldron , in which more garments appeared to be bubbling . |
| 29 | I 'd seen enough . |
| 30 | She 'd seen enough from the taxi to tell that every house , cottage , shop and inn was simply full of character , each different but still in the traditional Cotswold style she was beginning to recognise . |