Example sentences of "[subord] i have seen [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 2 | ‘ Nicola was happier than I had seen her for months , ’ he said . |
| 3 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 4 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's ridiculous , I know , but I feel as if I should know her , as if I 've seen her before somewhere . ’ |
| 6 | Believe me , if I had seen her in any other place , I would have dismissed her as a witch from a mummer 's play . |
| 7 | Mind , I 'll have to go buy one cos I 've seen them in Newcastle . |
| 8 | Cos I 've seen him about a lot . |
| 9 | The experience Mr Chairman I have of these situations is that trees happen to fall down , and hedges happen to get pushed by bulldozers , and at the end of the day , because I 've seen it in my own village where I was born , I 'm afraid with all respect to what happens , what is actually passed by the planners does n't actually come to pass because there is always a reason why it ca n't . |
| 10 | ( Looking at her , I was often reminded of the famous Lina Cavalieri as I had seen her in photographs . |
| 11 | There was Barrymore , with the light in his hand , looking out across the moor , exactly as I had seen him on the night before . |
| 12 | Was this ever issued as I 've seen nothing of it anywhere ? |
| 13 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |
| 14 | I had never met the head of governors , Dr Arnold Barton , though I had seen him at several functions , a thin , tall , stern-faced , lantern-jawed streak of a man who rarely seemed to smile . |
| 15 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |