Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] had see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am told that other people have had similar experiences but are not prepared to enlarge on their stories ; perhaps they had seen a ghost of a long-gone railwayman who had worked in the area years ago and had come back to his earthly place of employment ! |
| 2 | But then they had seen a number of man-things leap from the line of vehicles in front of the blazing building , and spread out in a loose line . |
| 3 | The fire had died to cold ashes , but I felt my way to where I had seen a candlestick , left ready on the mantelpiece , presumably as insurance against just this event . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , on reaching the spot where they had seen a person loitering , there was no one to be seen . |
| 5 | But the body of Mrs Wilks was not found until two days later , at the bottom of a motorway embankment two-and-a-half miles away , when a motorist took police to a spot where he had seen a silver Renault 25 parked . |
| 6 | Only recently he had seen a photograph of a Rembrandt , one he did n't know . |