Example sentences of "[pron] have seen a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than once I have seen a hapless opponent reaching down to scoop a front kick that never comes , and getting caught on the undefended side of the head ! |
| 2 | Blanks were also stocked and I have seen a printed example to Shrewsbury . |
| 3 | I 'm a Catholic parent and I have seen a great deal of correspondence and adverse publicity in the local and Catholic press about this new Religious Education programme ‘ Here I Am ’ . |
| 4 | In the 27 years I have worked at the airport , sixteen of those in the fire service , I have seen a huge increase in the number of flights . |
| 5 | ‘ I have seen a green car , ’ he said . |
| 6 | IT 'S a long time since I have seen a finer performance than Tom Courtenay is giving at the Traverse . |
| 7 | I have seen a few salmon in my time and caught a few too but this thing was not like a salmon at all . |
| 8 | As a practising canine behaviourist , I have seen a steady increase in behaviour problems relating to these two factors : geriatric anxiety and problems with the second dog . |
| 9 | I have seen a disengaging contestant step forwards straight into the path of an incoming technique . |
| 10 | Thus I have seen an interesting application of group dynamics to the study of a Women 's Institute , and a voluntary social agency studied as an example of a bureaucracy . |
| 11 | I have seen an old lighterman take a loaded barge across the Thames in the Pool of London with a few strokes of his sweep — and a canny use of the tide . |
| 12 | Ralph Ellis says : ‘ Once more we have seen a strong performance from the Stoddard companies , with profit rising 28% on sales 17% higher . |
| 13 | The letter continued : ’ The answers to your specific questions to the Minister , are , therefore , that we have seen a certain amount of information on the cost of the King 's Cross project ’ — we should like to know what that certain amount of information is — ’ and the projected revenues before giving consent to the deposit of the Bill . ’ |
| 14 | The truth of the matter is that we have seen a substantial reduction in direct tax rates , a substantial improvement in standards of living and , as a result of the reduction in tax rates , an improvement in the tax base , which has enabled us not only to achieve increased public spending on a large scale in our key priority areas , especially health , but to achieve a reduction in direct income tax and , overall , considerably to improve our public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 15 | Bishop Walsh said : ‘ This has been a week of horror , a week of terror , a week in which we have seen a terrifying escalation of violence , a vicious onslaught of murders , attempted murders and attacks on homes . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ This has been a week of horror , a week of terror , a week in which we have seen a terrifying escalation of violence , a vicious onslaught of murders , attempted murders and attacks on homes , ’ he added . |
| 17 | As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets . |
| 18 | In the last ten years we have seen a fifty percent rise in serious and fatal accidents , at whose expense colleagues ? |
| 19 | erm we have seen a gradual recovery in the last ten days . |
| 20 | In recent years we have seen a tremendous growth in interest and the range of activities , ’ said Mr Deighton , whose wife Maura was also a founder . |
| 21 | We have seen a definite increase in sales . ’ |
| 22 | Over the past year we have seen a significant change in the Company 's shareholder base with approximately 13 per cent of our shares now held by US investors . |
| 23 | First , we have seen a rapid growth of horrendous proportions in the incidence of this crime . |
| 24 | ‘ We have seen a steady rise with figures just over three times what they were in September for adults seeking advice , ’ Mr. Barnes added . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , with the acquiescence of successive Home Secretaries , but without the support of Parliament , we have seen a growing centralization of police conduct in recent years . |
| 26 | This decision will not affect any of the other Group Secretarial awards for which we have seen an overall increase in demand internationally . |
| 27 | We have seen an experimental realization of this type of convection in Fig. 4.7 . |
| 28 | Just as the organisational chart of Average Borough Town Hall shows a growing number of units and horizontal spidery lines , so too we have seen an enormous growth in the number of soft and hard systems that have found their way into the Town Hall , with or without consultation or approval from the local IT department . |
| 29 | Just as we are on the way out of the desert , it would be plain daft to turn back because someone thinks they have seen a hazy mirage on the horizon . ’ |
| 30 | If you learn to keep your emotions in check until you are all back in the dressing-room , then at least you will leave the punters thinking that they have seen a professional band who might not be quite ready for a week at the Hammersmith Odeon . |