Example sentences of "[vb past] seen [pers pn] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd seen them in the shops marked down , as a Christmas offer , to around nine hundred quid .
2 I 'd seen him in the Feathers , surly in his own corner of the Snug , not liked by , not liking , the other villagers .
3 I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man .
4 He had seen them through the gates .
5 Leslie was aware that most people " can not Read at all " , but said he had seen them in the streets " Gather together about one that can Read " and listen to a newspaper being read aloud .
6 This was the first time I had seen him since the landings .
7 Because he had faith in her — she had seen it in the colours he painted her .
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