Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] seen a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
2 | Over his shoulder I 'd seen a pair of beat coppers walking by . |
3 | I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how . |
4 | Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it . |
5 | Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies . |
6 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
7 | I was sure I 'd seen a punch thrown . |
8 | I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material . |
9 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
10 | I 'd seen a photograph of one of those ; they cut your throat and pull your tongue out through the slit . |
11 | I remember seen a programme where the underwater shots of hippopotami showed numerous fish feeding on their leftovers . |
12 | However , while I was in hospital , I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia in the bed opposite me . |
13 | When I had first arrived I had seen a couple of press people milling around , but now there seemed to be a whole platoon of them , cameras at the ready . |
14 | Once I had seen a rabbit snare fixed between the palings of a fence , and now my mind 's eye saw a rabbit hopping slowly towards this remembered snare as if hypnotized , and the rabbit was me . |
15 | The fire had died to cold ashes , but I felt my way to where I had seen a candlestick , left ready on the mantelpiece , presumably as insurance against just this event . |
16 | I had noticed the name on the map ; it seemed very remote but I had seen a reference to an inn there . |
17 | But for a moment , you understand , I thought I had seen a ghost . ’ |
18 | ‘ Earlier , I had seen a picture of Farrah in the paper . |
19 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
20 | I was very upset , even though I had seen a lot of birds die before ; I had really thought this one was going to make it . |
21 | He was among the founders of the Association of Cricket Statisticians in 1973 , playing a prominent role in their series of publications on the players of each first-class county and producing the A to Z of Cricket Records in 1976 : ‘ I had seen a book on the football records and persuaded the publisher to try a similar volume on cricket records — not only listing them by explaining them . |
22 | And I 've seen a bullock and a horse a-ploughing and a-harrowing . |
23 | I saw a pair of shoes , if my grey shoes do n't go with this dress , I 've seen a pair of shoes that I like . |
24 | The TV is on , the sound is low , it 's some not-half-cheeky detective rubbish starring George Segal that I 've seen a couple of times before , just the way I like it . |
25 | Are we supposed to be using the pre-course questionnaires that I 've seen a couple of times , on all course ? |
26 | I 've seen , I 've seen a clip |
27 | But I 've seen a way to get a message out . |
28 | Yeah cos I 've seen a sub based |
29 | ‘ I 've seen a cross-reference with British Army chaplains in the military documentation file , ’ Ilse said . |
30 | When Shanti had been with us for a few days , a friend said to me , ‘ I saw Michael out with the baby in the pram , and I do n't think I 've seen a man look happier in my life . ’ |