Example sentences of "[vb past] seen [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd seen a hundred funerals . |
| 2 | I 'd seen a 100 franc note on the mantelpiece at old Ma Scamp 's place . |
| 3 | Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word . |
| 4 | I listened with fascination to this insider viewpoint , and the moody Miss Brickell suddenly became a real person , not a pathetic collection of dry bones , but a mixed-up pulsating young woman full of strong urges and stronger guilts who 'd piled on too much pressure , loaded her need of penitence and her heavy desires and perhaps finally her pregnancy onto someone who could n't bear it all , and who 'd seen a violent way to escape her . |
| 5 | Loc stared hard at her for a moment then glanced out across the clearing again , remembering suddenly the expression he 'd seen a few minutes before on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 6 | Tonight , only a few minutes earlier , he 'd been following handwritten signs down a service passageway to the toilets when , for one brief half-second , he 'd seen a local councillor emerging through the doorway with the head of a pig on his shoulders . |
| 7 | In the past I 'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd . |
| 8 | ‘ What about going to a movie ? ’ he added , asking if she 'd seen a French film which had opened in London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 9 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
| 10 | She was the only witness among many people at the party who alleged she 'd seen the four set upon Mr Johnson with knives . |
| 11 | so that 's English , and I 've got ta get , er he reckons he 'll get a B grade for the er lit , but I was so cheesed off with that erm piece I got today , thirty five and thirty five , one mark off being er an A , he put at the bottom aargh , if only you 'd seen the lousy ending , cos he said if I 'd got the , an extra couple of sentences it er would of been forty eight , forty , so that 's , so annoying , but I 've now got ta write an informal letter , I do n't know how that comes under informal letter |
| 12 | At the OK Corral — as she preferred to call what some of its visitors termed her quim ( the phrase struck her as useful after she 'd seen the Western ) — some men proved themselves and others came to grief , and both kinds had male competitors on their mind and wanted to outgun them . |
| 13 | It only reminded her of how she and Trish had hooted with laughter when they 'd seen the engraved invitations that had gone out in three languages for this evening 's showing . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’ |
| 15 | Had n't she thought she 'd seen the last of Rourke Deveraugh ? |
| 16 | I thought we 'd seen the last of him , after what he did to Jennifer . ’ |
| 17 | Police had hoped they 'd seen the last of the joyriding and the crowds who gather to see the stolen cars in action . |
| 18 | ‘ And Doyle never referred to the fact that he 'd seen the Asian girl near to Charlie 's ? ’ |
| 19 | I 'd seen the naked soul of my Mother . |
| 20 | She stepped back , horrified , but not before she 'd seen the naked arms and legs , the bright yellow hair against the emerald green pillow , the broad naked back of the man . |
| 21 | ‘ You would n't say that if you 'd seen the old Zambia in action , ’ Leila said , pulling a sour face . |
| 22 | She 'd seen the same thing happen to too many others in the music business , not because they 'd tried and failed to be carbon copies of Aurora Blake , but simply because they 'd tried to force a talent they simply did n't possess . |
| 23 | Nobody he had questioned had seen a second piper . |
| 24 | They went two stops to where Alice had seen a long low bridge along a main road over railway lines . |
| 25 | I read the reports of interviews the police had had with people who had been near the river at Chiswick , Barnes , and Hammersmith , on the night of June 5 — nobody had seen a drunk being assisted from a car , or a heavy bundle being carried towards a boat . |
| 26 | Cuzco had seen a similar burgeoning . |
| 27 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 28 | While Stok was talking I had seen a familiar figure enter the door . |
| 29 | During the review I had been to Switzerland where I had seen a compulsory occupational scheme successfully in operation . |
| 30 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |