Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] seen a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've only seen a small part of the hospital wing , ’ Fairham observed . |
| 2 | Well , I 've just seen a new way forward |
| 3 | I 've just seen a big crane . |
| 4 | We 've already seen a brief glimpse of of of of Gain Multimedia . |
| 5 | I 've not seen a double yoke egg for a long , long time , I do n't know why , but sometimes you used to get a box of six and nearly all of them would be double yoke for some reason , do n't ask me why , I do n't know , where 's your cup ? , did you bring it in ? |
| 6 | ‘ I 've never seen a real cow , ’ he said to himself . |
| 7 | Rumour has it he 's getting wilder and wilder as time goes on — and I 've never seen a wild man before . |
| 8 | The XJ speeds north over the road-bridge , no lights or siren on but we clip along and it 's the smoothest fucking motorway journey I 've ever had ; just a total hassle-free zone creaming along around the ton with no worries about unmarked police cars and hoo-wee the traffic in front of us just fucking evaporates ; man , just brakes ( and wobbles sometimes as the guy probably gets the cold sweats and the wo-where'd-my-stomach-go ? feeling ) , swings meekly left and brakes again ; you 've never seen a beefy BMW 5-series duck in so fast in your life ; might as well all be driving 2CVs . |
| 9 | ‘ You know I 've never seen a dead body before , ’ Laura murmured . |
| 10 | And we have latterly seen a feminist perspective informing the debate about nuclear weapons . |
| 11 | Dreaming does not seem to be confined to our own species : research on the subject would appear to indicate that animals likewise have dreams : we have all seen a sleeping dog twitch as it ‘ chases rabbits ’ . |
| 12 | Five-year , full-time education is the norm almost world-wide , however it is organised , and the present levels of funding have already seen a drastic reduction of staffing levels in the schools . |
| 13 | As yet I have not seen a golden eagle on any of my trips to Argyll , but if I do I would appreciate any tips you could give me for photographing them . |
| 14 | Unlike the 1920s and 1930s , the current socio-economic problems , acute though they are , have not seen a marked upswing in the political fortunes of the extreme Right . |
| 15 | A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police admitted there was a problem with young men in Middlesbrough carrying knives , but added : ‘ We have not seen a particular increase in the recent past . ’ |
| 16 | Youth workers in Leeds have also seen a sharp increase in the number of 17-year-olds in custody . |
| 17 | We have also seen a surprising application of it in the case of Rowland v. Divall ( see paragraph 7–08 above ) . |
| 18 | Much of this year 's spurt in capital spending ( up from around $150m to some $220m ) is related to airbags , but the speciality chemical businesses have also seen a big increase , spread over a number of small projects . |
| 19 | ‘ Er … you have n't seen a blue Honda … er , that was on this corner earlier , have you officer ? ’ we asked levelly . |
| 20 | have n't seen a great deal of him recently . |
| 21 | I have n't seen a perfect day like that over in Blackpool yet . |
| 22 | And although sales of the machines may be flat , ‘ at least we have n't seen a major fall like IBM ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ Have n't seen a one-man band since way back . |
| 24 | I have n't seen a single poster for this bloody show . |
| 25 | ‘ I have n't seen a single book in the house , not one . ’ |
| 26 | To see that this is the case , annotate each term below to say whether it belongs to the typical register of the birthday card or the register of the legal contract ( even if you have never seen a legal contract you can probably do this ) . |
| 27 | I have never seen a male manager in tears . |