Example sentences of "[pers pn] have seen [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd seen other men in other companies , as innocent as I believed myself to be , hounded out because wrongdoers require a scapegoat where the wrongdoing concerns money .
2 I 'd seen premature babies but never a baby that small .
3 I mean to tell you that I 'd seen old Ken
4 As for her face , it was one I had seen countless times in buses and supermarkets , dole queues and pubs , waiting outside schools or factories , at all ages from fifteen to fifty .
5 Flying over the country at fifteen thousand feet at night , I had seen strange toy woods and towns and the eiderdown pattern of the fields .
6 I held up my arms as I had seen German prisoners do in news-reels .
7 I 've seen black dolls .
8 I 've seen entire worlds in ruins because of what you did , ’ he said .
9 Thin plastic tape is also obtainable for this purpose , and I 've seen narrow strips of cling film used very successfully !
10 I 've seen political naivety in my time , but never at such close quarters .
11 I 've seen strong men crying at the salmon mayonnaise , and the wine cellar would turn a camel off the water .
12 I 've seen fascinating pictures of global warming and the ozone layer .
13 Well I 've seen Spanish slates in the quarry .
14 Well , I 've seen strange children aplenty , ’ Dauntless replied with contrived joviality .
15 God knows how much there still is down there ; I 've seen great stacks and bales of it still with the Royal Navy markings on it , and I 've dreamed up any number of ways of getting at it , but short of tunnelling in from the shed and taking the cordite out from the back , so that the bales looked untouched from the inside of the cellar , I do n't see how I could do it .
16 I 've seen similar systems , yes , ’ he said eventually .
17 I 've seen similar situations on company planets run by the Usurians , but I never thought I 'd see it on Earth . ’
18 I 've seen I 've seen famous sheet before .
19 Er , I 've seen other papers where there is a hint that we might be looking for a contribution , er , out of the general budget , er , of that difference , that two hundred and fifty thousand .
20 I know how you feel because I 've seen other girls go through it .
21 ‘ Oh , yes , I think so , and I 've seen other people not confident , go out there and play like it , and not get any runs . ’
22 ‘ Faye 's been inches from death twice before with this disease , I 've seen other patients die — not many these days , thank God — and even if it was ‘ only ’ the baby she lost … ’
23 If he said : " I wo n't buy until I 've seen written information on the stock " this frequently meant he had no intention of buying at all , and the astute dealer would pretend he was sending an Extel card ( a written fact sheet on the stock ) but in fact he would not bother .
24 They get mad here after the last wisp of hay — I 've seen old women down on their knees , gleaning it with their fingers . ’
25 I 've seen numerous newspaper reports , ’ he says , ‘ but there 's no hard evidence of this happening .
26 I 've seen comparable cost per port and maintenance costs for an equivalent C++ application in spite of the theoretical portability benefits of C++ .
27 I understand the concerns that people will have about the forthcoming changes , not least because I have seen similar exercises in IBM .
28 I have seen full-colour prints from the DCS200 that are virtually on a part with conventional 35mm images .
29 A word of warning here , I have seen tiny Neons for sale , but these are incredibly hard to keep alive for the newcomer to the hobby .
30 Ideally I would like to work part-time , and have written to you as in the last few years I have seen part-time posts advertised at Prentice 's .
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