Example sentences of "had [adv] see a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out . |
| 2 | These counties had not seen a Forest Eyre for more than thirty years . |
| 3 | Both Bryan Robson and Alex Ferguson said it was the best they had ever seen a Wimbledon side play — it makes a change to get credit when it 's due . ’ |
| 4 | Whilst on the market stall I had a Liverpool pensioner who had n't seen a Liverpool organisation so when I got home I sent to her a notice of the huge rally there going to hold in September , in Liverpool with a couple of Bishop 's and big national speakers , I sent that to her and also contacted a Liverpool pensioner secretary to get in touch with her , and we 've also written to erm , that 's the rally , erm , we 've also , I 've also written to Jim from Cumberland , if you remember er his down our rally , so we should have some , we decided to buy twelve copies of each publication they produce and one when we get our office will be available there . |
| 5 | My father had shot one , as had the Duke of Gloucester during a hunting safari he made to Chelalo in the Arussi mountains after Haile Selassie 's coronation ; otherwise , few Europeans had even seen a mountain nyala , soft was a prize that both Haig-Thomas and I were keen to secure . |
| 6 | It was as warm as summer , the temperature an amazing 15.5° C. So warm that we had earlier seen a comma butterfly on the wing . |
| 7 | He had never seen a credit card , and indeed he was not looking at one now . |
| 8 | It is possible that the young Evelyn , who had never seen a Court masque , was easily impressed . |
| 9 | Sir Alexander Cadogan , made chairman in 1952 , had never seen a BBC television programme , and the ones he had seen , in the United States , he did n't much care for . |
| 10 | The executive took care not to let it slip out that he had never seen a DPR contract note . |
| 11 | At first she could n't believe it ; she had never seen a man cry before . |
| 12 | We had never seen a soffit ventilator before , and had only a vague idea about dry-verge ridging , but the excellent catalogues and leaflets provided most of the instructions we needed . |
| 13 | I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest . |
| 14 | Amaranth , thank God , looked like the sort of woman who had never seen a vacuum cleaner in her life . |
| 15 | Being as Liverpool had never seen a skate comp before , the atmosphere at Dan-Z 's was riotous — even though it was only a mini ramp . |
| 16 | Melanie had never seen a dog belch before . |