Example sentences of "[adv] seen a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've only seen a small part of the hospital wing , ’ Fairham observed . |
| 2 | Dreaming does not seem to be confined to our own species : research on the subject would appear to indicate that animals likewise have dreams : we have all seen a sleeping dog twitch as it ‘ chases rabbits ’ . |
| 3 | And we have latterly seen a feminist perspective informing the debate about nuclear weapons . |
| 4 | Nadia has already seen a good deal of Scotland , and also went on a school trip to France and Belgium when pupils of St Mary 's accompanied members of a pensioners ' lunch club to find out about the European Community and the European Parliament . |
| 5 | Five-year , full-time education is the norm almost world-wide , however it is organised , and the present levels of funding have already seen a drastic reduction of staffing levels in the schools . |
| 6 | We 've already seen a brief glimpse of of of of Gain Multimedia . |
| 7 | Well , I 've just seen a new way forward |
| 8 | I 've just seen a big crane . |
| 9 | I have only once seen a serious fight between badgers , and the sounds on that occasion were terrifying . |
| 10 | Jarvis had once seen a poor girl 's skirt blown over her head and been embarrassed for her . |
| 11 | Edward stood still ; he had once seen a whole flock of long-tailed tits here , swinging like pink jewels among the flickering leaves of a silver birch . |
| 12 | Dr Tydeman said that he had only once seen a patient suffering from the condition and he found it particularly frightening and disturbing . |
| 13 | And er that was the first time I 'd ever seen a continental headboard . |
| 14 | It was the first time I had ever seen a live tennis match — Wimbledon has always been out of the question financially , and the Midland Bank tournament offered me the chance to see live international tennis at a reasonable price . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you know , ’ he said , ‘ in all my stay here I have hardly ever seen a Russian soldier . ’ |
| 16 | Have you ever seen a Black Widow ? |
| 17 | They would n't make those weird garden ornaments if they 'd ever seen a real nome . ’ |
| 18 | They also look leaner and fitter — have you ever seen a fat vegetarian ? |
| 19 | Have you ever seen a dead person ? " |
| 20 | Have you ever seen a dead baby , John ? |
| 21 | Have you ever seen a dead enchantment , Fergus ? |
| 22 | Youth workers in Leeds have also seen a sharp increase in the number of 17-year-olds in custody . |
| 23 | We have also seen a surprising application of it in the case of Rowland v. Divall ( see paragraph 7–08 above ) . |
| 24 | The structure of employment has also seen a steady shift out of agriculture ( 23 per cent 1960 : 8 per cent 1987 ) and manufacturing ( 40 per cent 1960 : 33 per cent 1987 ) towards the service sector ( 37 per cent 1960 : 58 per cent 1987 ) ( Fig. 6.1 ) . |
| 25 | Much of this year 's spurt in capital spending ( up from around $150m to some $220m ) is related to airbags , but the speciality chemical businesses have also seen a big increase , spread over a number of small projects . |
| 26 | Home-working has also seen a considerable upsurge — with women as its most thoroughly exploited victims . |
| 27 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 28 | To see that this is the case , annotate each term below to say whether it belongs to the typical register of the birthday card or the register of the legal contract ( even if you have never seen a legal contract you can probably do this ) . |
| 29 | I have never seen a male manager in tears . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never seen a real cow , ’ he said to himself . |