Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 He thinks it makes placing your own gear sound like an activity practised by people with one foot in the grave — although climbing at Gogarth has always made me feel like that anyway .
2 Catriona had never seen anyone like her .
3 Rhoda had to give up work , and no sickness benefit was available since Ken had never let her succumb to the system and pay national insurance .
4 Jane had never heard him speak with such enthusiasm about anybody before .
5 Eva had n't let him see it before ; she just bought it quickly when we sold the house in Beckenham and had to get out .
6 Ruth had never heard him speak with any seriousness before , had hardly seen him without a smile on his face .
7 Ruth had never seen anyone look so disappointed .
8 Botrytis had taken the trusses before any fruit had set , A.D.A.S. had never seen anything like it .
9 Piper had never seen him look so vulnerable .
10 Carrie had often seen him sit like that , fondling one of Hepzibah 's chickens .
11 But before he could get there Mister Johnny gave a high , piercing cry , quite unlike any sound Carrie had ever heard him make before , and flung himself on Frederick , arms flailing .
12 Granada had never seen anything like it .
13 There was a marble-topped table in the centre of the flagged floor , bearing , like an altar , a symmetrical arrangement of clothes brushes and men 's toiletries that Vic had never seen anyone disturb since he came to Pringle 's .
14 It was the first time Harry had ever seen him do such a thing for himself , but then he had heard that staff were far less easy to come by since the war .
15 ‘ All the people in this valley is descended from four brothers from Scotland called Leekie , ’ Nana sat heavily down on the upright rush-seated chair which was the most she would permit herself in the way of comfort , and began the tale as Martha had always heard her tell it .
16 Surely Lee had n't let him get loose .
17 He could smell in imagination what Liz had never let him know in actuality — the smell of sour milk and dirty nappies , could picture the dreadful lack of peace and privacy .
18 Smoke curled , wine flowed , and Lucy put her fabulous legs on a chair , smoking too , the most relaxed thing Jay had ever seen her do .
19 Anna went down the road to post her letter , for she had written a letter to accompany the cheque , in which she reiterated her sorrow about the death of the cat and added that if there was anything she could do , Miss Jakob had only to let her know .
20 No one at that time in Glasgow had ever seen anything like it outside a porn mag .
21 Rufus had never seen anyone do that before , though he had seen it in pictures on seaside postcards .
22 Dan had never seen anything like her outside of Berkeley picture house .
23 Carver had never seen him smile .
24 Sarah had never seen anything look so lovely , and she danced from one end of the table to the other to admire it .
25 Libby had never seen anyone eat that way before .
26 Torvill and Dean have always made it look easy .
27 The village of Little Coxwell in Oxfordshire has never seen anything like it .
28 It was the first time Hoomey had ever seen him look happy .
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