Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd just got some leverage , loosened enough to see the front of a plywood box , when a soft footstep in the doorway made her leap , guiltily , to her feet . |
| 2 | He wondered whether there had been others , also tucked out of sight , and he tried again to see a connection between the recipients he knew of . |
| 3 | I 'd rarely seen the place as packed as it was when I got there . |
| 4 | ‘ I think you 'd better see the Inspector right now . ’ |
| 5 | Do n't you think you 'd better see the body buried before you do anything else ? |
| 6 | Right you 'd better see the cashier big fat chap with the glasses . |
| 7 | Since the war had begun , she 'd only seen the enemy on newsreels . |
| 8 | Our ideas coalesced with those of Ray Cusick in the production of the Dalek itself once we 'd all seen the scripts . |
| 9 | They 'd all seen the armada crossing the water . |
| 10 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 11 | ‘ Well , that answers quite a lot , ’ Lucy said , drawing a deep breath to indicate she 'd just seen the light . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't I know that fella ? ’ said Dad , who because of his memory loss thought he 'd already seen every film or play he watched , had read every book he attempted , and knew every story he heard . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , yes , a nurse came across ; she 'd remembered I 'd already seen the doctor . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd best see the College Secretary , sir . |
| 15 | Schinkel came specially to see the Docks , and did not even like Nash 's Regent Street . |
| 16 | I went to see the semi-finals of the Midland Bank Championships in Brighton — the first time I 'd ever seen a tennis match live . |
| 17 | I do n't think he 'd ever seen a woman shop that fast ! ’ |
| 18 | I 'd also seen a probation person . |
| 19 | and in it was the word appreciation , now , he 'd probably seen the word before , but he did n't know the word |
| 20 | I came here to see a Mrs Denner , to design her garden . ’ |
| 21 | I came here to see the installation of an air-conditioning unit , not to be involved in your personal life ! ’ |
| 22 | She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking . |
| 23 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 24 | Anyone would think you 'd never seen a chocolate before ! |
| 25 | He also agreed he 'd never seen a skull fracture caused by a blow to the nose . |
| 26 | I 'd never seen a weapon like that before — only military rifles . |
| 27 | Anyone would think he 'd never seen a Kobold before . |
| 28 | That fucking bitch would wish she 'd never seen the book or him or anything to do with it . |
| 29 | Jay 's hand played a sonata she 'd never seen the score for . |
| 30 | He was wearing a disreputable pair of jeans that looked as though they 'd never seen an iron , and a grey shirt , the sleeves rolled back as if it were summer . |