Example sentences of "seen the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his book , Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain , published in 1724 , the English author Daniel Defoe wrote of having seen the horn and heard it sounded at Coilsfield House ( later rebuilt and named Montgomerie House ) to call the servants to their duties . |
| 2 | It was only two o'clock , they 'd seen the parade many times before , and Mike 's match would n't start before 4.15 . |
| 3 | The 1980s has seen the victimisation , or crime , survey become a major growth industry in the UK . |
| 4 | The surveyor who had carried out the inspection had seen the water during his survey , but had put it down to a leak in the central heating system . |
| 5 | ‘ Even before you 've seen the presentation ? |
| 6 | Look whoever 's editing this tape you 've seen the cunt . |
| 7 | Finance officials have at last seen the logic of sprucing up Japan now . |
| 8 | Some places have even seen the publicity over new fees attracting extra visitors . |
| 9 | ‘ You should have seen the depth of that well today . |
| 10 | seen the chief of police … with a chain saw ? |
| 11 | Sam , Sam , have you seen the glue please . |
| 12 | Oliver held up the bottom of the pocket with one hand , as he had seen the Dodger hold it , and pulled the handkerchief lightly out of it with the other . |
| 13 | They stopped and another friend bound for the same place , who had seen the problem , pulled up and walked over to them . |
| 14 | But if you think that 's rough , you have n't seen the future-sport of Skate Wars . |
| 15 | Erm I just wonder whether it might not have been better to move round a little bit to the left so we could have seen the lady 's hand and sa as well er er and as well as her face , you know , we 've got ta get we can see what she 's doing , know what she 's doing but it 'd been nice if you could have included her hands . |
| 16 | I 've seen the video tape of Tom and I coming down the 18th . |
| 17 | Once you 've seen the video for their current single , ‘ Talk Much ’ , they 're even glamorous . |
| 18 | FILM director Woody Allen has seen the video tape his former lover Mia Farrow made of his daughter claiming he abused her . |
| 19 | Experienced police officers told us that if a jury had seen the video they would certainly have convicted Lucy . |
| 20 | Okay Well and you 've seen the video so you 'll be aware of the sort of things that we do here . |
| 21 | ‘ Have you never seen the video replay of the accident ? ’ |
| 22 | The Lions will decide whether to complain about the assault on Richards when they have seen the video of the game . |
| 23 | I can tell you I 've seen the video . |
| 24 | Have you seen the video ? |
| 25 | He 'd seen the stuff that was pitched at them through advertising . |
| 26 | I 'd seen the play — some touring company did it — they 'd made it into SF , all in space , and Oedipus was a two-headed Zaphod Beeblebrox character trying to kiss his mother with one of his faces and weep sorrowful tears with the other . |
| 27 | John Smyth QC reported to Mrs Whitehouse that , ‘ having seen the play I have no doubt whatever that a prima facie case exists that a criminal offence has been committed ’ . |
| 28 | I take it you 've seen the play ? ’ |
| 29 | I 've never seen the play , I have no experience of the production . |
| 30 | Alistair MacDonald , the director , has seen the play germinate over the last 18 months from roots in the Gaelic Youth Theatre summer school in 1991 and an experimental workshop production at the Mod Fringe in Dingwall the same year . |