Example sentences of "had see for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Iceland had changed some years before to driving on the right , the bus which was well past its sell-by date — was right-hand drive ; the first bit of England I had seen for three weeks . |
| 2 | Beside it , a large window showed the first view that Tug had seen for five days . |
| 3 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 4 | She let Ferdinando teach her how to judge an aubergine ripe and a chicken fresh and then she copied those older women she had seen for the rest . |
| 5 | When the mayor of Nablus , Zafir al Masri , was assassinated in March 1986 , his funeral turned into the largest pro-PLO demonstration the territories had seen for years . |
| 6 | The fields and clouds were the same as those I had seen for the last half hour . |
| 7 | He spent hours with the local clergyman who had his own private store of medicines such as Epsom salts , gentian , laudanum , and quantities of port which he believed built up the strength , and he had seen for himself how garlic had done wonders for children with whooping cough . |
| 8 | The initiative foundered and Lorna , who has always had a talent for design , remembered an advert she had seen for Colour Counsellors . |
| 9 | Long-standing staff say February was the busiest they had seen for 20 years . ’ |
| 10 | She had seen for herself the effect he had on many of his clients ; had herself been impressed by his ability to amuse them with his quick wit and entertaining anecdotes . |
| 11 | He had seen for himself the progress that had been made in the three days since he had last visited the laboratories . |
| 12 | Best to put off even thought until he had seen for himself the place where murder had been done , and the victim who had suffered it . |
| 13 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 14 | After the funeral at Golders Green Crematorium , the entire Williams clan — including cousins neither Pat nor Ken had seen for a quarter of a century — assembled for drinks , ‘ a real old Cockney wake , ’ as Pat put it . |