Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] see " in BNC.
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1 | Then the old porter I 'd seen on my first visit shambled across the hallway , teapot with no lid in one hand and a bottle of milk in the other . |
2 | My closest friend actually , she 's got really straight , red hair — it 's the most beautiful hair I 've seen . |
3 | Recessions come and go , but this is the worst recession I 've seen . |
4 | And as far as I know that 's the only coverage I 've seen personally of it . |
5 | The only coverage I 've seen so far is erm is the news and ten of all things . |
6 | Tell me about the pedal board I 've seen on stage … |
7 | Although she definitely did suffer from claustrophobia , Sylvia was by no means the worst case I have seen . |
8 | This is a law-abiding county , and this is the worst homicide case I have seen in more than 20 years as a lawyer here . ’ |
9 | Yes , well just er briefly Chairman I 've seen the television cameras being set up on Mutford Bridge , so I 'm quite certain you do n't want to prolong this meeting and er in case they go away . |
10 | I 'm talking about saving human life governments over the last twenty years , troops over the last twenty years , policemen over the last twenty years , laws over the last twenty years , and politicians , including myself , have all failed in all the efforts that we 've made including condemnation of violence , everything , but I am now saying that this dialogue is the best hope I 've seen or , surely I 'm entitled to say to the Prime Minister , alright given that I have said that why do n't you put me to the test ? |
11 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
12 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
13 | Well not at national account level I 've seen lots of people now and I 'm sorry |
14 | The second bit I 've seen but I need to see the first bit . |
15 | ‘ Certainly we 'll need a better ship than the kind I 've seen in Pantai and Losan . ’ |
16 | It 's the worst offence of this kind I 've seen while working in South Gloucestershire . |
17 | One beautiful face in a shop brought into my mind an undraped statue I had seen somewhere and we blushed together . |
18 | M. Chaillot was by now unexpectedly by my side , opening a huge satin-covered box of chocolates of the cream-filled variety I had seen in the local shop . |
19 | I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking . |
20 | Of course I 'd seen pictures and I 've always wanted a guitar like that . |
21 | And of course I 've seen her blazing in that dress of hers when she kicked off against someone . |
22 | Of course I 've seen it , I 'm on his mailing list . |
23 | Of course I 've seen the reports ! |
24 | ‘ Oh , Jack , of course I want to see you … ’ |
25 | The former Kent and England spinner Derek Underwood , director of cricket at Club Surfaces , had this to say : ‘ Of course I enjoy seeing our pitches go in at the Etons and Tonbridges , but it is at grass-roots level within the state-schools sector that the wealth of untapped talent must not be lost to the game . ’ |
26 | One afternoon I had seen him painfully sewing on a shirt-button . |
27 | Halfway through the afternoon I went to see how the lakeside revetment was going . |
28 | Naturally , you can upgrade the processor , but this is the first PC I 've seen that has a socket for Intel 's yet-to-be-released Pentium 586 processor . |
29 | It turned out that her son was a great friend of the paraquat-wielding monk I had seen at the monastery farm near Roscrea . |
30 | I do n't know much about Shakespeare , the only play I 've seen is Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night 's Dream . |