Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] see a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend who has just seen a Don Ameche movie informs the local doctor of the plot : ‘ He worked in his basement discovering things . |
| 2 | The advantage for the butterfly is that if a bird seizes it by the wings , and is reminded of some earlier unpleasant experience with the species and its toxin , it will release the insect unharmed : a bluejay that has never seen a monarch butterfly will readily catch and eat it ; but within 15–30 minutes the toxins in the butterfly 's body cause the bird to vomit , and one such encounter is sufficient to make a bluejay avoid monarchs thereafter . |
| 3 | I do n't think he 'd ever seen a woman shop that fast ! ’ |
| 4 | I 'd also seen a probation person . |
| 5 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 6 | He also agreed he 'd never seen a skull fracture caused by a blow to the nose . |
| 7 | Having never seen a swing bridge before I wondered how the boats were going to get under it but I was soon to find out . |
| 8 | I yes , I mean it did make I did actually see a press release erm |
| 9 | I 've only seen an ice cream van about four times since I 've been here . |
| 10 | er , we 've already seen a press release which was put out as prompt step , what was your own view about what should be done after the Daily Telegraph article and it 's comments about ? |
| 11 | Both Bryan Robson and Alex Ferguson said it was the best they had ever seen a Wimbledon side play — it makes a change to get credit when it 's due . ’ |
| 12 | My father had shot one , as had the Duke of Gloucester during a hunting safari he made to Chelalo in the Arussi mountains after Haile Selassie 's coronation ; otherwise , few Europeans had even seen a mountain nyala , soft was a prize that both Haig-Thomas and I were keen to secure . |
| 13 | It was as warm as summer , the temperature an amazing 15.5° C. So warm that we had earlier seen a comma butterfly on the wing . |
| 14 | I 've er , thank you , I 've never seen a fox hunt erm I 've er I think once er , once I got along to Cutts Close where the Boxing Day meet occurs and I can well accept that this Boxing Day meet draws a larger crowd of people from Oakham than any other activity through the year . |
| 15 | well I 've never seen a coffee set |
| 16 | I 've never seen a motor bike with a trailer |
| 17 | ‘ I 've never seen a woman fight like that , ’ he began again . |
| 18 | I 've never seen a chewing gum advert for them before |
| 19 | I 've seen a lot o' different things and that like ; but I 've never seen an owd cow dragging a tumbril ! ’ |
| 20 | He had never seen a credit card , and indeed he was not looking at one now . |
| 21 | It is possible that the young Evelyn , who had never seen a Court masque , was easily impressed . |
| 22 | Sir Alexander Cadogan , made chairman in 1952 , had never seen a BBC television programme , and the ones he had seen , in the United States , he did n't much care for . |
| 23 | The executive took care not to let it slip out that he had never seen a DPR contract note . |
| 24 | At first she could n't believe it ; she had never seen a man cry before . |
| 25 | We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed . |
| 26 | I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest . |
| 27 | Amaranth , thank God , looked like the sort of woman who had never seen a vacuum cleaner in her life . |
| 28 | Being as Liverpool had never seen a skate comp before , the atmosphere at Dan-Z 's was riotous — even though it was only a mini ramp . |
| 29 | Melanie had never seen a dog belch before . |
| 30 | I mean , my legs have rarely seen a Bic razor you know , I 'm gon na wear a pair of shorts in the summer , I might shave 'em , but I |