Example sentences of "[vb past] they [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Kraken " is an old Norse word used to describe giant sea creatures that mariners reported they had seen . |
| 2 | Despite a major publicity campaign , only a few people thought they 'd seen her or even spoken to her . |
| 3 | After their reconstruction , 35 witnesses called the police saying they thought they 'd seen Eila . |
| 4 | Gossip in Mother Russell 's had it that they 'd made their fortune by some prize , for there were one or two men in Harry Pascoe 's crew who thought they had seen strange goings on close inshore under the Gribbin the previous October ; but these would not be drawn further , and although it was never put into so many words , people came to accept that the source of Harry Pascoe 's wealth was not a safe subject for public discussion . |
| 5 | He claimed he got started after being spotted in a bar by someone who mistakenly thought they had seen him in a male model magazine . |
| 6 | So why did they want to see Louise for then ? |
| 7 | How did they come to see such jobs as desirable ? |
| 8 | You only let it out to the girls because you got a shock when they said they 'd seen . |
| 9 | A lot of them said they 'd seen Mrs Sugar , but none of them really had , and nobody believed them . |
| 10 | A lot of them said they 'd seen Mrs Sugar , but none of them really had , and nobody believed them . |
| 11 | The verdict brought relief for some neighbours who said they 'd seen too many animals suffer over the years . |
| 12 | East Germans in Prague said they had seen building work begin at the weekend to make it more effective . |
| 13 | Some said they had seen the quizzical , grey-whiskered faces staring up at them as they crouched on the two boards above the refuse pit , peering at the nervous men from beside the walls of the cubicles and showing no apprehension . |
| 14 | On 26 June he records shooting a wattle-cheeked honeyeater ‘ on the ranges near the Upper Torrens ’ ; he ‘ killed a Bittern on the 1st July near the Murray , above Gleeson 's Station ’ ; collected red throats ‘ about forty miles north of Lake Alexandrina ’ ; spotted a white-eyebrowed pomatorhinus ‘ near the bend of the river Murray ’ ( perhaps it was this remark that led some to guess that it was the great west bend to which Gould referred ) ; and shot a pink robin in ‘ a deep ravine under Mount Lofty ’ ( this was the last time an example of this species , Petroica rodinogaster was seen in South Australia , although one or two reliable observers said they had seen specimens in the area many years previously ) . |
| 15 | Mr Banerjee said only the would-be bomber had been killed , but witnesses and other railway officials said they had seen four bodies on the platform . |
| 16 | He heard my father had died and the doctors said they needed to see me . |
| 17 | Police were forced to set him free with a warning — back to the parents who yesterday admitted he was out of control and said they wanted to see him prosecuted . |