Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected to see Dr Mortimer , as I knew nobody else in the village . |
| 2 | I kicked off my boots and swung down below , holding onto a bared crossbeam that creaked with threat , swinging from one hand while I tried to see Harry and not land on top of him . |
| 3 | I tried to see Liz about that last week , but that 's anyway , but , but |
| 4 | Dad poked his head round the door to see what was going on and to ask if I 'd seen Mum . |
| 5 | ‘ The last time I 'd seen Nelson was in the courtroom in 1964 , ’ Mrs Sisulu said . |
| 6 | I 'm by the window and I 'd seen Pickerage make his enticing little way there just a minute before . |
| 7 | How I wish I 'd seen Shirley Cowling 's article ( Nov '91 ) on ‘ Choosing the first machine ’ eight years ago ! |
| 8 | I knew which one it was — I 'd seen Sally 's list . |
| 9 | ‘ I said I 'd seen Sam hanging about on the towpath with a bunch of yobs . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd seen pub bands , that was all . |
| 11 | Connections : I 'd seen Nevil at Sedgeley House ; I 'd seen Jo at the Mimosa Club where Nevil was supposed to work , or at least beat up barmen . |
| 12 | But I 'd seen Dick Cleave and Les Petherbridge , good men both of them , choosing to hang on at the Gazette for ever . |
| 13 | ‘ I told you some time ago I 'd seen wor young 'un with a piece . |
| 14 | I went in her bedroom last night , switched the light on , went I thought I 'd seen lightning and I thought oh I could n't have seen lightning , anyway I goes to . |
| 15 | I 'd seen Bunny arrive , take one look around the pub and decide against it . |
| 16 | Connections : I 'd seen Nevil at Sedgeley House ; I 'd seen Jo at the Mimosa Club where Nevil was supposed to work , or at least beat up barmen . |
| 17 | I 'd seen Miss Mallender walking out along the pontoon to the boat and I 'd turned away from the window over the sink to 'and Mr Dysart 'is coffee when there was this great whoomph outside . |
| 18 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 19 | I seemed to think that I 'd seen scores of other holy pictures just like it ; God with his fingers held funny and always with one pointing upwards . |
| 20 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 21 | Yeah I thought I 'd seen cloud on top on the hills . |
| 22 | But before the gibbon came , I 'd seen Vern 's dad . |
| 23 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |
| 24 | Of course I 'd seen pictures and I 've always wanted a guitar like that . |
| 25 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |
| 26 | I 'd seen pictures of you … a home movie ; you were a beautiful young woman — why should n't I agree to look you up ? |
| 27 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |
| 28 | Of course , the others laughed at him but he insisted and said that at about the same time I thought I 'd seen Sir Bartholomew , a stranger had arrived in the village late at night and stopped at the ale-house for food and drink . |
| 29 | That 's why I came to see things for myself . ’ |
| 30 | So I came to see Dr Bailey . |