Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] ever see " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What 's more , Charlie Trumper comes with the deal , the finest fruit and vegetable man the East End has ever seen . ’
2 He is the finest King Portugal has ever seen !
3 His sparse blond hair was dark with sweat , and his surprised blue eyes and hangdog look made him the most unlikely royal messenger Corbett had ever seen .
4 It was the only chamber Corbett had ever seen where there were no torches fixed to the wall .
5 It was the most epic winter the West Coast had ever seen .
6 The refectory door was open again , and standing in it , filling it , was the most grotesquely fat woman that Bernice had ever seen .
7 Minto was ‘ more excited ’ than Warnie had ever seen her when he returned from Aldershot far week-end leave , happy to leave behind him his fellow-officers , whom he nicknamed the Aldershits .
8 It was thick and heavy and very large across his narrow shoulders , but it was the finest jacket Frankie had ever seen , and it belonged to him .
9 He was the most beautiful creature Dot had ever seen , a creation of this city which was the centre of the world .
10 One of them was holding the longest pair of pliers Dorcas had ever seen .
11 It was at TMcL that he first met his one and only ‘ accountancy ’ hero , James Dowling , the then senior partner — ‘ one of the finest men I have ever met and arguably the best accountant Scotland has ever seen ’ .
12 Because you are Aschmann , the star , the most wonderful diva Hochhauser has ever seen . ’
13 He could have been the finest brain surgeon England has ever seen … even blind he is a superb concert pianist …
14 ‘ No machine has ever seen me beaten . ’
15 Blue-banded grass parakeets abounded in the neighbourhood of Spring Hill , feeding on corn from the margins of cultivated land in flocks larger than Gould had ever seen before ; compared with the proliferation of different species around Hobart , however , only a few birds were collected on this overland journey .
16 Standing before her across the water was the most enormous beast Anabelle had ever seen .
17 It was the glossiest , darkest hair that Ronni had ever seen .
18 The Crown Princess , the future High Queen , beautiful and untried , and more desirable than any woman Fergus had ever seen before or since .
19 The ‘ Black Repartition ’ was stillborn but the ‘ people 's Will ’ became the most highly centralized and coherent underground organization Russia had ever seen .
20 The dockside was the busiest place Ruth had ever seen in her life .
21 Millfield was the largest house Ruth had ever seen .
22 When finally a small boy was sent to ask him what he was up to , he replied : ‘ Here I am building the biggest , the best kiln Hua Xian has ever seen ’ .
23 Mike , now training to be a chartered accountant , was one of the most efficient and respected organizers the London Road has ever seen .
24 It was the largest Conservative Party which the House of Commons has ever seen .
25 He doubted if room 19 even existed ; nobody in his circle had ever seen it or knew where it was situated .
26 Naturally , as it had to be the biggest show the town had ever seen , or nothing , so Bill hired the two brightest theatrical stars of the day to bowl to Len .
27 No human eye had ever seen a hound like this one .
28 The heavy , dark double doors opened and in their shadow stood the most striking woman Julia had ever seen .
29 As Kylie 's business empire was already planning for the 1990s — estimates of its overall earnings are now a staggering £4.5 million a month — virtually every music executive in the world was casting an envious eye at what was being acknowledged as one of the best business operations pop had ever seen .
30 The matron was one of the biggest women Elinor had ever seen ; her neck seemed sunk between strong shoulders , and her red hands hung from beefy arms .
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