Example sentences of "have seen [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 2 | The reason for this is that ( in many cases ) the client becomes aware of the proposed legislation either because he has been served under the General Orders with a notice as being directly affected , or because he has seen it in the local newspaper or Gazette advertisement . |
| 3 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 4 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 5 | She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away . |
| 6 | He recognised Kurz and Hinterstoisser , he 'd seen them at the hotel ; strikingly handsome fellows , especially Kurz , an officer of the Wehrmacht , blue-eyed , blond-haired . |
| 7 | I 'd seen them in the shops marked down , as a Christmas offer , to around nine hundred quid . |
| 8 | Then I , I er seen fittings in er , in a friend 's house or they 'd seen them in the erm |
| 9 | He went to where he 'd seen him by the fence and looked down towards the woodpile . |
| 10 | Lucy reckoned that , for the man in charge , he had some staggeringly dull tasks to handle ; she 'd seen him in the stockroom once , counting every bottle in every crate of tonic water . |
| 11 | I 'd seen him in the Feathers , surly in his own corner of the Snug , not liked by , not liking , the other villagers . |
| 12 | I 'd seen it along the end of the track . |
| 13 | Anyway I went there and I was impressed , I 'd seen it from the ship and I completely concur with everything that 's been said . |
| 14 | Well only because we 'd seen it in the shop |
| 15 | It was a look she recognised instantly , although it was the first time she 'd seen it in the flesh . |
| 16 | ‘ I told her I 'd seen you over the weekend , ’ she relayed . |
| 17 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 18 | You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘ |
| 19 | If , for example , old man Jordan had come into the kitchen at that moment , Wycliffe might have seen him in the mirror ; but what of it ? |
| 20 | Few of the cast would have seen him in the revues of the late thirties where his career started , but they would all have caught up with the films he had made in the immediate post-war years . |
| 21 | Whoever was inside could have seen him from the windows . |
| 22 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 23 | ‘ He would have seen her at the races , ’ I said , smiling . |
| 24 | We 'd have seen her at the window long ago , and got her down . ’ |
| 25 | But who could have seen her in the park and reported back this quickly ? |
| 26 | She had a view through the windscreen but no one could have seen her in the back . |
| 27 | I only wish Daddy could have seen me in the black lace dress . |
| 28 | You should have seen me in the dock , man . |
| 29 | After all , she might have seen it on the ceptors and come out to help . |
| 30 | I find myself dipping into my pocket and giving to causes that a decade ago I would have refused to because I would have seen it as the responsibility of the statutory sector . |