Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] seen a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 2 | Stephen told them how that morning he had seen a girl out on the moor alone . |
| 3 | The deadening sense of obligation with which Coleridge had returned to Bristol was now swiftly transformed , until , as a ‘ neutral spectator ’ ( perhaps Cottle ) told Thomas De Quincey , ‘ if ever in his life he had seen a man under deep fascination , and what he would have called desperately in love , Coleridge , in relation to Miss F , was that man ’ . |
| 4 | Every day on his way to school he had seen a brooch in the jeweller 's window , the price showing on a card beside it . |
| 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 | Another neighbour told the inquest he 'd seen a car with two occupants drive away from the farm just before the barn caught fire . |
| 7 | When a schoolfriend told a neighbour he had seen a body , the boy said it was a blow-up dummy his father had left lying around . |
| 8 | Another time he had seen a tourist , a non-English speaker , make the discovery that his wallet had been taken , with his passport and everything he had . |