Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | He was spending money like I 'd never seen . |
| 33 | 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 ! ’ |
| 34 | I 'd never seen anything like it . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | I 'd never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ That I 'd never seen her from that day to this , of course . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | I 'd never seen Mum dance before , but she slipped out of her sandals and danced with Auntie Jean to the Jackson Five . |
| 40 | I 'd never seen such chatter , nervousness and exhilaration in the dressing room before . |
| 41 | I 'd never seen Terry look so hopeful about anything before . |
| 42 | I 'd never seen anything like it . |
| 43 | I 'd never seen a white blues band playing so good and this kid , Jimmie Vaughan , was playing some of the most devastating guitar I 've ever heard in my life . |
| 44 | I put my hands over my eyes to shut out my fears : I 'd never seen a dead person before . |
| 45 | He even had on a collar and tie , which I 'd never seen before and which he would tug at every now and then as if it were too tight . |
| 46 | I 'd never seen her look so evil before . |
| 47 | I was petrified ; I 'd never seen him like this . |
| 48 | I 'd never seen him so happy . |
| 49 | ‘ I could n't believe it — I 'd never seen anything like it before , ’ he said . |
| 50 | This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child . |
| 51 | ‘ Honest , I 'd never seen 'im before , I just bumped into 'im in the fog and it made me sprain me ankle . |
| 52 | I 'd never seen him before in my life ! |
| 53 | ‘ I 'd never seen him before . |
| 54 | I never went to one , I 'd never seen a live band that actually wrote their own stuff . |
| 55 | That was a bit embarrassing — I 'd never seen him blush before — so I decided to have a joke . |
| 56 | " I told her , " said Mrs Maugham , handing her daughter a plastic butter dish , " that I 'd never seen it . " |
| 57 | She had never come up to my room before , in fact I 'd never seen her outside her own . |
| 58 | I think my G P actually sent me further down hill into anorexia after I 'd lost about , about when I was seven stone I went to see her , I 'd never seen her before and she said well you look perfectly acc , sociably acceptable to me so I went on to lose two more stone before going back to see her and was admitted to hospital as a medical emergency ! |
| 59 | I 'd never seen her without a single string of pearls , which she fingered constantly . |
| 60 | I 'd never seen him in anything as soft-looking , as human as the pair of scruffy trousers , open-necked shirt and dressing-gown he wore then . |