Example sentences of "seen [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggested to Ben that he might produce Grimes and Ben , having seen The Bartered Bride and , I think , enjoyed it , agreed . |
| 2 | In a moment are seen the paradisiac regions , as if the curtains of the moments have parted to show the gardens of reality that remain hidden to everyday sight . |
| 3 | I tell you , I went up those steps faster than a scalded faggot , propelled by a barbarous diuretic terror on behalf of my exposed rear end The heavy door at the top did n't give until the fifth push , but by then I had turned , and seen the shrugging figures as they retreated into the light , and now I could hear only laughter . |
| 4 | Thus , those who led the NF in the 1970s had , in many cases , a background in the most nutty forms of postwar extremism , despite claims to have seen the democratic light after these youthful indiscretions . |
| 5 | Ive seen the premier figures change by 2 points after one game . |
| 6 | In the foreground can be seen the old-established straw-plait basket shop . |
| 7 | As we have seen the confident prediction that the wide disparities in productivity according to firm size would lead to the demise of the small firm sector in manufacturing has been premature . |
| 8 | ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped . |
| 9 | She moved with natural grace , gliding between the tables , approaching customers who showed an interest to give them an extra twirl , unbuttoning the little figure-hugging jacket and posing with her hand on her waist , rucking up the jacket slightly to display the blouse underneath as she had seen the professional models do . |
| 10 | We could have reduced nuclear weaponry then , had we seen the Soviet Union in those terms . |
| 11 | Ideally owners are looking for a snapshot or portrait model but the problem is that the modeller has to work without having seen the live model . |
| 12 | Some said they had seen the quizzical , grey-whiskered faces staring up at them as they crouched on the two boards above the refuse pit , peering at the nervous men from beside the walls of the cubicles and showing no apprehension . |
| 13 | Eckert did not know the real Arthur Hardy 's share in these juvenile expeditions , nor had he seen the then unpublished A Sportman 's Tale which amplifies the sustained friendship between these two Battersea Grammar School pupils . |
| 14 | Some cultures have seen no connection between sexual intercourse and conception ; others have seen the only justification for sex in reproduction . |
| 15 | Beyond can be seen the outside world of ‘ Natures endless treasurie ’ , with a telescope trained on the heavens . |
| 16 | He was thinking — and something had happened that day to make him do so — about the first time he had seen the female golden eagle in the Zoo . |
| 17 | How have I seen the casual passer through the Cloisters stand still , intranced with admiration ( while he weighed the disproportion between the speech and the garb of the young Mirandula ) , to hear thee unfold , in thy deep and sweet intonations , the mysteries of Jamblichus , or Plotinus ( for even in those years thou waxedst not pale at such philosophic draughts ) , or reciting Homer in his Greek , or Pindar — while the walls of the old Grey Friars re-echoed to the accents of the inspired charity-boy ! |
| 18 | Now that he was down at ground level it was not so easy for Patrick to locate the dell where he had seen the immaculate golfer . |
| 19 | Had the Home Secretary seen the offensive banners carried by the Party 's youth wing ? |
| 20 | ‘ Because nobody has ever seen the Dark Ireland , and nobody has ever visited it , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Q : I thought you said your husband had seen the Dark Thing ? |
| 22 | As overlooker he has seen the changing face of technology affect looms over the past 47 years . |
| 23 | A well-known tortoise , named Jonathan , lives in the governor 's garden on St Helena Island and was once famous for allegedly having seen the exiled Napoleon there . |
| 24 | How much worse must the recollection be for Barney , who had seen the hideous reality ? |
| 25 | We have seen the young man mutilated , |
| 26 | She had seen the young man leaving Mary Kelly 's rooms and slipping out of the building by the back way on more than one occasion . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was Bavaria that provided the Catholic leadership of the Counter-Reformation in Germany , yet as we have seen the young Lassus was capable of composing not only Masses approved by the reforming cardinals but others in flagrant disregard of everything that Trent stood for ( see p. 245 ) . |
| 29 | They had seen the young men too . |
| 30 | He had seen the young French clerk whom Celeste had seduced , be broken in a matter of days and confess to whatever question had been put to him . |