Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can only see like his back his legs an and the back of running . |
| 2 | AN ELDERLY couple rarely seen outside their home in recent years have been found dead with more than £30,000 in cupboards and under floorboards . |
| 3 | During wintertime John Lowson was rarely seen without his hessian sacks . |
| 4 | and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it . |
| 5 | He explains their shifts and duties , and gives them their copy of the document which they have already seen at their interview . |
| 6 | We have already seen in our analysis of speech acts ( in 3 ) how the meaning of a simple piece of spoken discourse like The window is open can change fundamentally with the relationship of sender and receiver , and this feature of language is by no means peculiar to speech . |
| 7 | And the reason is the one we have just seen with our biomorph model . |
| 8 | Mike just a point of information I have been teaching in Harlow for twenty years and I 've never been asked by anybody at the playhouse what play 's who 's like to see in my school . |
| 9 | The mill was quite close to home so in the lunch hour I was able to go home to see to my mother who was ill at the time . ’ |
| 10 | The gifted Roberto Mancini , once seen as his twin , is flourishing without him . |
| 11 | He 's 13 and he is the most talented lad I have ever seen at his age . |
| 12 | The dockside was the busiest place Ruth had ever seen in her life . |
| 13 | Standing beside Dennis was the best-looking man she had ever seen in her life . |
| 14 | Then he turned and went out , leaving Ellie to stare speechlessly at the most money she had ever seen in her life . |
| 15 | He was the best-looking boy she had ever seen in her life . |
| 16 | More diamonds than she had ever seen in her life . |
| 17 | ‘ My home , ’ Felipe de Santis said quietly and Maggie saw , at the head of the valley , the most fabulous place she had ever seen in her life . |
| 18 | ‘ All present and correct , sir , ’ he said and the smartest dressed man Charlie had ever seen in his life returned the salute . |
| 19 | But when is he going to give an ounce of credit to the Government for having set up the TECs , for having put in place the instrument of the training revolution that is now taking place in this country , and for having taken the most imaginative step that we have ever seen in our training history ? |
| 20 | We pulled into Coventry police station and instead of going to a cafe , as we had hoped , we got shut in one cell and left there for about two hours with the most revolting sandwiches you 've ever seen in your life . |
| 21 | Mind you , it 's still more money than you 've ever seen in your life . ’ |
| 22 | Myself I never worried about I was one of the biggest scruffs you 've ever seen in your life actually . |
| 23 | Is n't that the most beautiful photo you 've ever seen in your life . |
| 24 | Henry Cotton was walking in with us and he says , ‘ That 's the bravest golf shot I 've ever seen in my life . ’ |
| 25 | And finally she said , ‘ That 's the most vulgar thing I 've ever seen in my life . ’ |
| 26 | We soon roared away in a cloud of dust , shoulder to ribcage with the largest man I have ever seen in my life . |
| 27 | In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life . |
| 28 | " Those are the first wild elephants I 've ever seen in my life , " he whispered reverently , and his grin of delight spread front ear to ear . |
| 29 | The biggest blackest spider I have ever seen in my life . |
| 30 | She was the loveliest girl that I 'd ever seen in my life , and her voice was like music . |