Example sentences of "[vb past] see [pers pn] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At my weekend surgery three pensioners came to see me in considerable distress because of the difficulty that they faced in paying their water and electricity bills and other bills from private utilities following the large price increases . |
| 2 | I was fourteen then , I 'd seen her in National Velvet , and had been barmy about her ever since . |
| 3 | and I , I went to see her in open evening , I could n't understand her , cos she you know , she real , I mean she is French |
| 4 | A witness had seen him in deep water , shouting and waving for help . |
| 5 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
| 6 | Those who had seen her in this mood before faded quietly out of reach ; others got their fingers burnt . |
| 7 | She had seen it in any case and she was not Sairellen Thackray who would look down her granite nose at him and sneer . |