Example sentences of "see a [noun] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you seen a pencil sharpener in here ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Seen a butterfly land on a flower ? |
| 4 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 5 | This action , which has seen a 22% reduction in the workforce in the past twelve months , has brought costs under control and the recent devaluation of the Italian Lira is bringing new export opportunities . |
| 6 | It was as warm as summer , the temperature an amazing 15.5° C. So warm that we had earlier seen a comma butterfly on the wing . |
| 7 | She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out . |
| 8 | Letts , of course , has moved in the other direction , into book publishing ( Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop has seen a 500% increase in turnover of sales of their books this year , John Harvey-Jones please note ) , but it is well worth stocking Letts ' unbeatable range of the more traditional diaries for which it is so rightly famous . |
| 9 | ‘ Never seen a slave band like that afore . ’ |
| 10 | Beauty is everywhere , and even in the insignificant eyelashes there is seen a gateway worthy of the eyes — an archway of beams of rainbows more magnificent than the gateway of the greatest city . |
| 11 | This year has seen a 30% increase in entries from South Africa , bringing its total to 160 . |
| 12 | Better than ‘ The National Front Disco ’ or whatever by Morrissey — he 's obviously never even seen a soccer ball in his life . |
| 13 | I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest . |
| 14 | P G Wodehouse asked , ‘ Has anyone seen a drama critic in the day-time ? |
| 15 | These counties had not seen a Forest Eyre for more than thirty years . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've never seen a woman fight like that , ’ he began again . |
| 17 | She had seen a woman ride from the dark woods , screaming her grief , her clay-streaked hair streaming ; the woman had ridden around the pyre . |
| 18 | The housebuilding side of the business has seen a 55pc rise in sales in the first five months of the year over the start of 1992 . |
| 19 | He had seen a sheepdog trial in Cumbria : amazing creatures . |
| 20 | Amaranth , thank God , looked like the sort of woman who had never seen a vacuum cleaner in her life . |
| 21 | One day , she had seen a car screech to a stop and several men overpower a pedestrian and force him into their vehicle ; from a distance she had smelled the smoke of bonfires burning blacklisted books ; she had glimpsed the outline of a human body floating in the dark waters of the canal . |
| 22 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
| 23 | I 've never seen a motor bike with a trailer |
| 24 | Have you seen a weather forecast for ? |
| 25 | ‘ I have never seen a rain storm like it — it must have lasted more than 30 minutes . |
| 26 | ‘ And if you can not see a Merkut hand behind what has happened , so are you . ’ |
| 27 | Looking down , Branson could see a cricket match in progress in the grounds . |
| 28 | You may however see a chest drain on a general surgical ward . |
| 29 | She did n't see a dickie bird to me , not a word . |
| 30 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |