Example sentences of "had seen [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was one of the joys of life , and particularly she loved dancing tonight with Tony Radcliffe , because he was her oldest friend in the world and this was the first time she had seen him for eighteen months . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out . |
| 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 | Over the past few years , since she had broken off her engagement to Jean-Paul , he had seen her on various occasions — at balls in London , or at country-house weekends once at Christian Glendinning 's parents ' house , but they had spoken only briefly . |
| 7 | Those who had seen her in this mood before faded quietly out of reach ; others got their fingers burnt . |
| 8 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 9 | She had seen it in any case and she was not Sairellen Thackray who would look down her granite nose at him and sneer . |