Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] seen [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could hardly remember having muffins before , although I 'd seen the muffin man in his white apron , a towel over his arm and a tray of muffins every Sunday afternoon . |
| 2 | Once I had seen a rabbit snare fixed between the palings of a fence , and now my mind 's eye saw a rabbit hopping slowly towards this remembered snare as if hypnotized , and the rabbit was me . |
| 3 | I knew of the Knowlton Circles in Dorset but I had never seen them , although I had seen an air photograph . |
| 4 | But nevertheless I had seen the Cabinet agenda getting more and more overflowing and , therefore , Cabinet decisions had to be taken quickly . |
| 5 | To my absolute horror I found that all my controls were completely frozen , I was quite certain I had seen the ground crew go round and remove all the external locks before I had climbed aboard . |
| 6 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
| 7 | Well I saw there by the what 's now , it was in them days , I 've seen a rowing boat mm in there in Street . |
| 8 | And I 've seen the corn harvest again , the the sheaves growing green out it stook . |
| 9 | I 've seen the video tape of Tom and I coming down the 18th . |
| 10 | I 've seen the puppet show one , yes . |
| 11 | But I have seen a coke stove , cast iron coke stove on a chimney going up to the ceiling in the dark absolutely glowing bright , bright , red . |
| 12 | In East Norfolk , for example , where I live , I have seen the fox population increase very substantially indeed since that time and this can not be coincidental . |
| 13 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 14 | thrashed them out of sight , could n't fucking believe it , when you 've seen a pool table , erm , pool game go on for two hours , that 's when you know you |
| 15 | When you 've seen a job advertisement that appeals to you , you will need to write a covering letter to send with your CV ( see ‘ Compiling Your CV ’ , pp. 68–73 ) . |
| 16 | I 'm phoning about little Emma erm I do n't know if you 've seen the Evening Mail today erm there 's a picture of Emma and her er young sister er Marianne , I presume it was taken at the school . |
| 17 | She had seen a horror film once about an archaeologist in Egypt . |
| 18 | One day , she had seen a car screech to a stop and several men overpower a pedestrian and force him into their vehicle ; from a distance she had smelled the smoke of bonfires burning blacklisted books ; she had glimpsed the outline of a human body floating in the dark waters of the canal . |
| 19 | She had seen a woman ride from the dark woods , screaming her grief , her clay-streaked hair streaming ; the woman had ridden around the pyre . |
| 20 | Her triumph would have been short-lived if she had seen the smile slip from his face and a look of regret shape his expression ; his quiet eyes were drawn to the window , to the skyline beyond . |
| 21 | She could n't defend herself without rousing him to greater ferocity ; she knew that in the moment of conflict , an enemy can never protest to be a friend and be believed ; she had seen the distrust Kit 's sudden switches of mood inspired . |
| 22 | Or maybe you have seen a crystal ball containing a tiny house which you can shake to produce a brilliant snowstorm ? |
| 23 | Later on they had seen the coypu man 's van parked on the front driveway of one of those houses . |
| 24 | After each film was seen subjects had to decide whether they had seen the film section before or not and give a rating of their confidence in their decision . |
| 25 | It is essential that the parents of a severely visually handicapped child know of and agree to the approach to be followed by the school in relation to the pupil 's independent mobility , and it will be very helpful if they have seen the school environment and know what kind of tasks it will impose on the daily life of their child . |
| 26 | Legend has it that the lake was formed by the tears of a love torn nymph , and at the end of a luminous day , when the sun turns everything to delicate hues , even the sceptical are ready to admit they have seen the Trasimeno nymph — adding to the water level with a few tears more . |
| 27 | During that time , they have seen the emphasis change from reducing pollution to exploiting muck on a large scale as a source of heat and power . |
| 28 | H. On the fish docks at Hull a retired trawler skipper , Mr Grant , tells how he has seen the port change in his lifetime . |
| 29 | The acquirer should refuse finally to settle the terms of the warranties until it has seen the disclosure letter and disclosure material . |
| 30 | Cardiff fumbled to where he 'd seen a light switch , began to reach for it … and then stopped . |