Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] see [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has only seen one defeat at the ground . |
| 2 | I can guarantee that Wolstenholme has not seen anything like it before . |
| 3 | But if by some extraordinary chance you should one day wander into a forest and catch a glimpse of a Minpin , then hold your breath and thank your lucky stars because up to now , so far as I know , no one excepting Little Billy has ever seen one . |
| 4 | ‘ No one has ever seen anything like that before , ’ Dr Saral said . |
| 5 | Has n't seen one for years . |
| 6 | He said he has n't seen anything new yet , he said I 'll spend it , I said what you spend it , he said I 'll see something when |
| 7 | Odd-Knut has never seen one either , but that is less of a surprise as the noise and smell of his dogs frighten most animals away long before he spots them . |
| 8 | The village of Little Coxwell in Oxfordshire has never seen anything like it . |
| 9 | Yes , yeah , when you had one delivered , that 's the first time we 'd ever seen one was n't it ? |
| 10 | Put up to see nothing . |
| 11 | The result is that riders who want to avoid heatstroke have to wear as little as possible under their jackets and most of us men have n't got used to innocently looking round to see someone undoing her jacket to reveal nothing but a clingy bra underneath ! |
| 12 | Most of us men have n't got used to innocently looking round to see someone undoing her jacket to reveal nothing but a clingy bra underneath . |
| 13 | At least she 'd never seen one . |
| 14 | I 'd never seen anything like it before . |
| 15 | I 'd never seen anything like it . |
| 16 | I 'd never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd never seen anything like it . |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't believe it — I 'd never seen anything like it before , ’ he said . |
| 19 | she 'd never seen anything like it , but I think we had quite a lot of new furniture did n't we ? |
| 20 | She 'd never seen anything like it in other people 's houses , or in shops — not even antique shops . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd never seen anything quite as stimulating as this in the English theatre . |
| 22 | It did n't seem right , yet , looking at his face you 'd , she 'd thought he could have come home , but when you lifted the bloody sheets and then she 'd never seen anything like it , and then on the Monday morning , I stayed with him Sunday night and he were on morphine fusions and then on the Monday morning I woke up and mum had gone , when I looked at dad I thought to myself then I thought oh boy you ai n't gon na go now mum nipped home for a bath they said she could and it 'll be alright and they said |
| 23 | He 'd never seen anyone in Jubilee Wood in all the months he 'd been coming up here . |
| 24 | She 'd never seen anyone so transfixed , but then he 'd never seen a naked woman before . |
| 25 | She 'd never seen anyone move as fast as he did when he put poor old Dan Pearson on his back . |
| 26 | It was a perfectly appropriate action , but she 'd never seen anyone do it before as a gesture of relief after social effort . |
| 27 | He 'd never seen anyone so angry . |
| 28 | Many players said they 'd never seen anyone suffer so much pain . |
| 29 | Growing up seeing nothing but these truly ghastly buildings , never using anything that is n't made of shoddy material , how could such children become people who would recognise and choose anything that 's beautiful ? |
| 30 | We had great fun going round seeing everybody and building up the bidding . ’ |