Example sentences of "seen [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instrumental guitar album boom of recent years has seen few players survive with their credibility intact . |
| 2 | I have seen few women smoking a pipe . |
| 3 | He told Brown that he had seen some soldiers breaking into a shop , stealing worthless electrical equipment and shooting the protesting store owner . |
| 4 | You 've seen some kites , they 've impressed you and now you want one for yourself . |
| 5 | When we were seven or eight we could clear the place up as good as my Mum … but I 've seen some girls — like my aunt 's little girl and she 's fifteen , she 's just hopeless . |
| 6 | By God it you 've seen some ships you when you see them , they 're something to look at . |
| 7 | He went over the top saying things like , ‘ Faith , I 've seen some acts in my time but none compared to you . ’ |
| 8 | She 'd seen some posters in the town and was curious . |
| 9 | They may have seen some dangers in Methodism which were not in fact there . |
| 10 | ‘ Thought you might have seen some friends of mine , ’ he continued with his mouth full . |
| 11 | There was at first some confused skirmishing over the actual terms of the Charter — the College 's solicitor , Mr France , had apparently not seen some amendments and had agreed to others from the practitioners ' side without fully informing either the College professors or William Dick . |
| 12 | ‘ I would have loved to have seen some goals , but there was still some great football played . |
| 13 | We 've seen some facets of her , but the real woman is still to come . |
| 14 | lt has come to the Prince 's ears , my lord , that the boy was seen some days ago entering Parfois , escorted by four of your men . |
| 15 | I 've seen some words we we |
| 16 | A sizeable number of old and younger men provide such care for their own elderly relatives and , in our generation , we have seen some men assume ‘ mothering ’ tasks for their children to a greater degree than in the past . |
| 17 | Because he would have told you I hope that er we sell advertising space into , well you 've seen some samples over there . |
| 18 | ‘ I have seen some fuck-ups in my time , but you lot , and this … ’ |
| 19 | I have seen some battles , heard of many , but never of the first news of a defeat being brought by the General Officers before ! ’ |
| 20 | I had never seen such crowds before and when we joined the big queue to get in , some of the young people became ‘ up by ’ as we say , which means excitable . |
| 21 | Though in fatigue uniform , they were almost as smart and well turned out as Charles had seen such soldiers in peace time behind the railings of Wellington Barracks . |
| 22 | The past three decades have seen such assumptions challenged . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've never seen such creatures . |
| 24 | She had seen such lumps before . |
| 25 | It has never , of course , been my privilege to have seen such things at first hand , but I will nevertheless hazard this with some confidence : the English landscape at its finest — such as I saw it this morning — possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations , however more superficially dramatic , inevitably fail to possess . |
| 26 | And Doña Ximena and her daughters stood trembling , like women who had never seen such things before : and when the Cid saw it he made them seat themselves , so as no longer to behold it . |
| 27 | Markby had seen such things before . |
| 28 | However , I had seen such sights before , in my days at primary school , and despite the use of Patriots , Jubilees and even Royal Scots on the more prestigious sets of wagons , it was the early afternoon express traffic which was the focal point of my attention . |
| 29 | I have never seen such manners in my life before ! ’ |
| 30 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |