Example sentences of "[noun] have see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The houses were scattered around , low-slung , timbered , with a thatched roof and small porch ; it was a village scene similar to many Corbett had seen elsewhere except for the small dark people , their furtive looks and quiet ways . |
| 2 | The Icelanders had seen precious little sun that summer and peeling noses were instant and plentiful . |
| 3 | Bernice had seen enough . |
| 4 | The little maid whom Elisa had seen earlier standing by the door in the sitting room came into the dining room on both occasions and whispered something into his ear . |
| 5 | It may be because the juniors act independently with equal quantities of youthful enthusiasm and historical ignorance that they get themselves into situations that the dinosaurs have seen before . |
| 6 | To qualify , an industry must in the previous three months have seen both value of production and number of its new employees fall by more than 5% from the previous year . |
| 7 | Although the past few months have seen quite a number of problems for European unity , one area that remains firmly fixed is the demolition of trade barriers in 1993 . |
| 8 | The past three months have seen almost daily developments , and a 15-minute speech and 15-minute reply can not do justice to the huge amount of information that must be shared and analysed . |
| 9 | The great Dust Bowl which Maggie has seen only from the air , was once the long flank , the turning of the armpit of a dragon greater than Fenna , the great dragon laid out across the world its tail cooled by the oceans of the Antarctic and its breath , no longer fire , turned to ice around its head in the most northerly places of the globe . |
| 10 | This merely involves a couple of beers in the evening , not even light training for the real thing of which Spain has seen far too much . |
| 11 | Its director , David Briar has seen how the farmers have made a new beginning . |
| 12 | I gathered that her parents had seen only that Laura was losing touch with reality . |
| 13 | Referee Rudy Battle had seen enough soon after and called it off as Dixon took a pounding . |
| 14 | Furthermore , Mr Farraday had made it clear that he planned to hold only very rarely the sort of large social occasions Darlington Hall had seen frequently in the past . |
| 15 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
| 16 | But Hodkinson had seen more than enough . |
| 17 | But Jerry Brookes of the Gloucestershire Badger Group has seen all too often what it can do to other animals . |
| 18 | Top LTA coach Ian Barclay has seen how much of a kick it has given the promising youngsters under his charge at Bisham Abbey , youngsters like Alex Osterrieth ( who reached the last 16 along with fellow Brit Andrew Hill in America ) , Steven Clark , James Cotman and Barry McColl . |
| 19 | It was vital that they did not think he had actually seen what he was about to say Robert had seen when the electric light flooded the converted attic . |
| 20 | Her face had a close , guarded look — one that Lily had seen already on Robert . |
| 21 | The last few years have seen quite a shake up in the leasing market . |
| 22 | Oliver had seen only Stan who , for a small fee , had agreed to ‘ forget ’ that he was spending the night there . |
| 23 | Montgomery had seen too many such people to feel more than a token sympathy . |
| 24 | The close season has seen perhaps less than normal player ‘ wheeler-dealing ’ between the top clubs , with the single most significant appointment being off the field . |
| 25 | The close season has seen perhaps less than normal player ‘ wheeler-dealing ’ between the top clubs , with the single most significant appointment being off the field . |
| 26 | AMERICA 'S oil patch has seen more whingeing than wildcatting in recent years . |
| 27 | Magdalen bridge has seen more than two hundred winters . |
| 28 | In the event my Lord , erm , that er your Lordship felt that further guidance was required , there are the two routes that I 've indicated to your Lordship briefly yesterday , there is the route of er seeking some information , if your Lordship felt it 'd be of assistance to you in resolving any doubts that you may have from the and your Lordship has seen yesterday the notice on co-operation which is in and at page eleven thirty two and is also the exhibit |
| 29 | Where Amanda discovered in the world divine intent , benevolent order and rigorous justice , her father had seen only chaos , hazard and malice . |
| 30 | But people had seen how ineffective UN troops could be in the case of Bosnia . |