Example sentences of "[noun sg] that have see [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A moment later the door creaked open and he appeared , or a fair facsimile , a very old man with grey hair down to his shoulders , a black dresscoat of velvet that had seen better days , a pair of very baggy corduroy trousers beneath of the type worn by peasants on the farm . |
| 2 | The lodge was an old farmhouse that had seen better days . |
| 3 | A good example of this would be a site that has seen some activity in Saxon times , and where scarcity of metal finds would be normal . |
| 4 | Like so much of metropolitan Europe , it was an area that had seen better days . |
| 5 | East Smithfield , Nightingale Lane , Burr Street , St Catherine 's Way ; like London 's wall they hemmed in the huge dock area that had seen 11,000 people moved from the crowded houses and thieve 's kitchens , and vast amounts of earth shifted to create new hills and rises in Chelsea and Pimlico . |
| 6 | A week that had seen all her safe , conventional standards thrown out of the window , and irretrievably altered her life . |
| 7 | Luiza and Freddi were there , Luiza muffled up in a huge and unflattering beaver lamb coat that had seen better days . |
| 8 | There are many reasons for this , two important ones being the generally greater degree of government intervention in society and the increased predominance of foreign and military affairs in a century that has seen two world wars and the development of nuclear weapons . |
| 9 | Obviously , this is too valuable a tradition to be allowed to die out in the century that has seen more restriction of public access to land than any previous period of history , including the Enclosures . |
| 10 | Within the shortest space of time , they were walking into the lounge of an hotel that had seen better days but was still surprisingly well patronised ; by a variety of habitués , mostly male , and all , whether uniformed or civilian , contriving to give the place an air of distinction . |
| 11 | As a result , Kaliber retains brand leadership and is improving market share in a fluctuating market that has seen many casualties . |