Example sentences of "seen [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never seen hair of such a full , glowing gold , or a fairer brow underneath it . |
| 2 | 1992–93 has seen progress in a number of areas and I would like to highlight these first ; |
| 3 | 1992–93 has seen progress in a number of areas and I would like to highlight these first ; |
| 4 | Restoration of old cars is a way of life in this country , with many beautiful maintained Morris Minors , Ford Anglias and Triumph Heralds still to be seen bowling along the roads , so giving a new lease of life to old aeroplanes seems to come naturally . |
| 5 | Indeed , it was the first motor car seen west of the Shannon . |
| 6 | Recently Stornoway customs officers warned Danish colleagues of a suspicious vessel seen west of the Hebrides . |
| 7 | The commercial company created by Lord Burghersh to run ‘ Sporting Glory ’ and rent the facility went bankrupt , owing money to printers , the V&A ( it has only seen part of its £100,000 rental fee ) and , of course , the backers . |
| 8 | " At the east end modern windows are made to the kitchen and chamber , over which are yet to be seen part of three antient lancet windows of the chancel , the center one somewhat higher and larger than the other two ; which were before the alterations deep and narrow . |
| 9 | I 've only ever seen part of it I mean where they get it rigged up and the hit man keeps coming back and he , he keeps seeing him and he 's , he 's walking round the place and |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He could have seen money in this right off and been leading Dr. Favor on , seeing to make about a month 's wages in three days if he kept all the fares ; and why would n't he ? |
| 12 | He was sixty-four now , but as a young man he had been in the army and seen action on the North-West Frontier . |
| 13 | ‘ Gentleman , Jim Almonds , immensely tall and a little less boisterous than some of the others , had seen action at Tobruk together with Pat Riley and Jock Lewes . |
| 14 | Cumberland was four months younger than Prince Charles , though , like him , he had seen action at the age of 13 . |
| 15 | He 's also seen action at both Sheffield clubs , United and Wednesday ; Everton , Newcastle , West Brom , Man City and Luton where he scored last season . |
| 16 | Gogarth has also seen action from Meyers , who braved the wall right of Hunger to provide Extinction E7/8 6b — an obviously scary number . |
| 17 | At Homestead they were guests of the 482 Tactical Fighter Wing which recently had seen action in the Gulg , and It was here that each was given a certificate making them Honorary F-16 Fighter Pilots . |
| 18 | No.4 Troop had caught a section of German defenders early in the battle as they ran to their alarm posts , but other Germans , many of whom had seen action in Norway in 1940 , tenaciously defended the strongpoints including the improvised fortifications of the Ulvesund Hotel . |
| 19 | Haig had seen action in the Sudan in 1898 and at the Battle of Omdurman , where he served with the Egyptian cavalry . |
| 20 | She had seen mention of it on a newspaper placard earlier that morning . |
| 21 | The last time I saw prisons like that was in northern Iraq , when the Kurds were knocking down doors and killing guards , freeing men and women who had seen daylight in years . |
| 22 | Several times I had seen Gwenellen with that barrier down , but never Aline . |
| 23 | Even with his handiwork through me , I thought of the sadness inevitably awaiting the others ; yet I would have to pursue him , for someone who had three times seen murder as a solution to problems could n't be trusted never to try it again . |
| 24 | Today he had seen violence at first hand . |
| 25 | As he left the village he passed the field where he had first seen Tess at the dance . |
| 26 | Herons can be seen fishing in the tumbling stream . |
| 27 | The late 80's have seen investment in new systems — for home shopping £35 million in the past five years on computers |
| 28 | No doubt there are those who have seen fear on my face in certain circumstances in this campaign , just as I have seen the same fear on their faces in the same circumstances . |
| 29 | It was the first time she had ever seen fear in Connor O'Dell 's eyes . |
| 30 | But the politicians have also seen research in the arts , social and natural sciences , as a vital part of national development : the government has been a generous sponsor of research , partly to underpin West Germany 's thriving high technology industries , and partly to continue rebuilding intellectual life after its almost total dissolution in the 1930s . |