Example sentences of "[adv] seen a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 2 | He has just seen a prospectus in which the Government is offering for sale , shares in British Rail . |
| 3 | I really do n't know , I ca n't say as er er as I ever , ever seen a unit in , in this area at all . |
| 4 | Well no , no , erm but would n't know if you saw one , you people only tell us but , but nobody 's ever seen a ghost in there so |
| 5 | And er th they used to make some of the batteries up , the cells , the , the used to er I do n't know if you 've ever seen a cell in a battery , it 's usually made up of er wood er lead and wood . |
| 6 | A woman had also seen a man in a boat sailing away from the beach . |
| 7 | Workers at the YPAS have also seen a surge in homeless young people seeking help . |
| 8 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 9 | Elizabeth had never seen a ghost in her life . |
| 10 | She had never seen a ghost in her life . |
| 11 | And I 've never seen a case in which there was a fist fight in front of the cinema and they pulled the movie because of it . |
| 12 | Claire has never seen a man in a leopardskin jockstrap before . |
| 13 | I have never seen a hunt in progress , although I recall vaguely as a child being taken to watch a Meet when I was visiting relatives in Piercebridge . |
| 14 | I 've certainly never seen a horse in Dublin . |
| 15 | For one thing , the score was by Rodgers and Hammerstein who had never seen a pantomime in their lives — such things were totally unknown on the other side of the Atlantic — and wrote music and lyrics for the show which fitted very well indeed in their repertoire that began with Oklahoma ! and went on , via such epics as South Pacific and The King And I , all the way to The Sound of Music . |
| 16 | ‘ I have never seen a cut in education spending , ’ he said . |
| 17 | You have never seen a woman in her peignoir before ? ’ |