Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of three comes as an abstraction from many sets of three objects : although no-one has ever seen three , children can see three cars , three people , three umbrellas , three miscellaneous objects , and so on , and eventually they will understand the ‘ threeness of three ’ . |
| 2 | No-one has ever seen said film ( except David Quantick ) . |
| 3 | Consequently , no-one has ever seen the brain of one of those early mammals . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a long enough journey for me to come here to see you , ’ she said . |
| 5 | I 'm gon na fix that , no do I 'll , yeah I 'll bring some from home cos I wan I wan na nip home for er an hour and I 'll er I 've just seen Anne . |
| 6 | The tight one will I 've never seen you in a tight dress though , you do n't let me see so I |
| 7 | Someone 's got ta come round I mean just to see where but I just I 'll ring , I 'll give you a buzz on Monday , I know you 're not there , you can say , well , I 'll see you again on Tuesday in English , perhaps you can arrange something then . |
| 8 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 9 | I 'd rarely seen the place as packed as it was when I got there . |
| 10 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 11 | ‘ But I 'd just seen you talking to Phena , who told you I was n't in the study , ’ he said softly . |
| 12 | I 'd also seen a probation person . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd also seen you ! |
| 14 | And tied around the oak tree was the largest yellow ribbon I 'd yet seen . |
| 15 | It stood in the corner of a small field , larger and more impressive than any I 'd yet seen . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , yes , a nurse came across ; she 'd remembered I 'd already seen the doctor . |
| 17 | I 'd never seen what people drank before so that was interesting — nor did I realize quite how many of the youngsters smoked ! |
| 18 | I 'd never seen anything like it before . |
| 19 | The party was held at his flat which was a loft in a warehouse down by the river in Shad Thames on a wharf right next to Tower Bridge I 'd never seen anywhere like it . |
| 20 | And then we got to school and it was all big and confusing and there was all these boys I 'd never seen before , all with their parents and some of the kids were weird-looking with funny eyes . |
| 21 | He was spending money like I 'd never seen . |
| 22 | On 24 May 1988 , the last bit of meat went out the door , and an hour later I felt I 'd never seen a T-bone steak ! ’ |
| 23 | I 'd never seen anything like it . |
| 24 | I was n't too keen on this cheek to cheek business , with men I 'd never seen before and did n't know the names of , but I kept on telling myself not to be standoffish and to relax a bit , but as for jiving — no , I could n't do that . |
| 25 | I 'd never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ That I 'd never seen her from that day to this , of course . |
| 27 | Whatever the extent of his self-inflicted frailty , I 'd never seen him as good-tempered as he had been recently , or as nervously loquacious . |
| 28 | I 'd never seen Mum dance before , but she slipped out of her sandals and danced with Auntie Jean to the Jackson Five . |
| 29 | I 'd never seen such chatter , nervousness and exhilaration in the dressing room before . |
| 30 | I 'd never seen Terry look so hopeful about anything before . |