Example sentences of "[vb past] seen [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
2 | ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’ |
3 | Had n't she thought she 'd seen the last of Rourke Deveraugh ? |
4 | I thought we 'd seen the last of him , after what he did to Jennifer . ’ |
5 | Police had hoped they 'd seen the last of the joyriding and the crowds who gather to see the stolen cars in action . |
6 | Nobody he had questioned had seen a second piper . |
7 | There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed . |
8 | He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained ’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . |
9 | In prehistoric times , if people made the horse feel anxious or afraid it would run like mad until it had seen the last of them : it fled from the problem , which reduced his fear and anxiety . |
10 | He wondered if Gilbert White had seen the last edition of the Dictionary ( the seventh , 1756–59 ) where he had incorporated all the latest improvements in the culture of the cantaloupe melon . |
11 | Mansell hoped he had seen the last of the Brazilian after the two were involved in a high-speed collision during the final Grand Prix of the season in Australia . |
12 | Well , to hell with you , sweetheart , she railed , and , her pride once more up in arms , a certainty in her head that she had seen the last of Ven for that night , she rocketed from her bed , took a shower , and got dressed . |