Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] see a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think he 'd ever seen a woman shop that fast ! ’ |
| 2 | I 'd also seen a probation person . |
| 3 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 4 | He also agreed he 'd never seen a skull fracture caused by a blow to the nose . |
| 5 | I yes , I mean it did make I did actually see a press release erm |
| 6 | My father had shot one , as had the Duke of Gloucester during a hunting safari he made to Chelalo in the Arussi mountains after Haile Selassie 's coronation ; otherwise , few Europeans had even seen a mountain nyala , soft was a prize that both Haig-Thomas and I were keen to secure . |
| 7 | It was as warm as summer , the temperature an amazing 15.5° C. So warm that we had earlier seen a comma butterfly on the wing . |
| 8 | He had never seen a credit card , and indeed he was not looking at one now . |
| 9 | It is possible that the young Evelyn , who had never seen a Court masque , was easily impressed . |
| 10 | At first she could n't believe it ; she had never seen a man cry before . |
| 11 | We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed . |
| 12 | I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest . |
| 13 | Amaranth , thank God , looked like the sort of woman who had never seen a vacuum cleaner in her life . |
| 14 | Being as Liverpool had never seen a skate comp before , the atmosphere at Dan-Z 's was riotous — even though it was only a mini ramp . |
| 15 | Melanie had never seen a dog belch before . |