Example sentences of "seen them in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like most birdwatchers , I have only seen them in pictures -invariably in supremely elegant poses , their long , thin beaks delicately probing the water for weeds . |
| 2 | The press had already scented a story , and friends at Regent 's Park Zoo urged her to speak out about the zoo animals ' wretched living conditions , now she had seen them in their natural habitat . |
| 3 | The only occasions on which I had seen them in operation they had failed lamentably . |
| 4 | I 've not seen them in local garden centres , where can I obtain some ? |
| 5 | He had only seen them in books and wondered how something as light and puffy as steam could pull such heavy carriages . |
| 6 | I had only ever seen them in a tank or on a slab and this was totally different . |
| 7 | I had seen them in Kano clutching their swords as they slept in shop doorways where they were employed as night-watchmen . |
| 8 | It helps if you have seen them in their own surroundings and get an impression of the sort of person they are . |
| 9 | Perhaps they had been loaded on the train many hours before Holly , because they seemed to him to be sleeping when he had first seen them in the darkened carriage . |
| 10 | Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them . |
| 11 | and erm I went to a youth club and I I was speaking to eight year olds and they 're asking about condoms cos they 've seen them in the street , so it 's obviously they 're wanting to find out about it cos it 's everywhere around them even , does n't matter what age . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've seen them in the fashion magazines and I must say , they sure are special . |
| 13 | We have n't seen them in the village . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember having seen them in church before . |
| 15 | Miller has seen them in action and concedes : ‘ They are in great shape . ’ |
| 16 | Hundreds of flowers she could n't name , she 'd seen them in her grandmother 's garden , in her mother 's garden , in neglected gardens all over . |
| 17 | We are all impressed by the Gurkhas , and anyone who has visited Nepal and seen them in operation is even more impressed . |
| 18 | For Liverpool , this season 's troubles have seen them in an unfamiliar battle to avoid being sucked into the relegation fight but Souness admitted : ‘ It was a good game for us to win . |
| 19 | I 'd seen them in the shops marked down , as a Christmas offer , to around nine hundred quid . |
| 20 | So I mean I think it 'd great Guide Friday you run around little flag in the air , I 've seen them in London and you can do that and and and people get so fit . |
| 21 | Leslie was aware that most people " can not Read at all " , but said he had seen them in the streets " Gather together about one that can Read " and listen to a newspaper being read aloud . |
| 22 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 23 | Then I , I er seen fittings in er , in a friend 's house or they 'd seen them in the erm |
| 24 | Oh that 's erm your objection er was nobody had seen me and you did n't really answer the question clients by coming in to their homes you know , Martin made the comment er that in actual fact nobody had seen them seen them in six or seven years so I thought that was a possibility for a just er oh n maybe not as deep a but nevertheless erm there was a good , good pause er er how did you er come to be with Friends Provident er you , it was good that you asked er er if the wife would be attending the second meeting , that was an important thing . |
| 25 | I 've even seen them in house gutters . |
| 26 | Mind , I 'll have to go buy one cos I 've seen them in Newcastle . |
| 27 | I I 've seen them in shops . |
| 28 | You 've seen them in shops . |
| 29 | Anyway , erm we went to the Ca Polly had n't seen them in the shops anywhere and went to Caerphilly market on Saturday morning and as we were coming from it he said look there 's a shirt you want for Robert there . |
| 30 | I 've seen them in Asda . |