Example sentences of "have seen [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.

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1 There was really very little to talk about , since they 'd seen each other at breakfast , so conversation became desultory once Irene had told Juliet about the other patients — the hysterectomies , the ovarian cyst as big as a football , and the girl who had come to be sterilised and was found to be pregnant .
2 The woman that she 'd seen last night at the top of the stairs was nowhere around , and Lucy knew better than to ask .
3 I claim to have seen this conflict at closer range than anyone .
4 And of Katherine Hepburn : ‘ She ran the gamut of expressions from A to B. ’ One-liners that catch the eye include : The best play I ever slept through ; I 've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella ; I saw the play at a disadvantage — the curtain was up ; The scenery was beautiful but the actors got in front of it ; When Mr Wilbur calls his play Halfway to Hell , he underestimates the distance . ’
5 Something was bothering him , something he had seen this morning at the bridge …
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