Example sentences of "seen [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , as we have seen in earlier chapters , teachers have either confined themselves almost entirely to one or the other of the modes ( using terms like ‘ creative drama ’ in opposition to ‘ theatre ’ ) or they have seen them as separate stages in the child 's education . |
| 2 | Not that acers insist on an acid woodland soil , not even for the most exotic species with unpronounceable Japanese names ; I have even seen them as cut plants on patios . |
| 3 | I 've not seen them in local garden centres , where can I obtain some ? |
| 4 | And Dieter — I 've seen him in similar clothes to the ones Alain wore yesterday , blue slacks and a white shirt . |
| 5 | A witness had seen him in deep water , shouting and waving for help . |
| 6 | ‘ Listen here , Miss Smart-Alec , you have n't seen him in full flight ! |
| 7 | I have n't seen her for bloody ages . |
| 8 | Over the past few years , since she had broken off her engagement to Jean-Paul , he had seen her on various occasions — at balls in London , or at country-house weekends once at Christian Glendinning 's parents ' house , but they had spoken only briefly . |
| 9 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 10 | He had not seen her since early Friday morning . |
| 11 | but the , seen her in Real Men Face Me ? |
| 12 | Forgive me , Richard , it was my sister , I do n't know how she got your number , I have n't seen her in live years . |
| 13 | I was fourteen then , I 'd seen her in National Velvet , and had been barmy about her ever since . |
| 14 | He would have seen it as infantile behaviour . |
| 15 | Its magnitude is only 9 according to official estimates ; I have never seen it with low-power binoculars , but I have suspected it with × 20 , though I would not have noticed it if I had not known just where it was . |
| 16 | I 've seen it at closed hand . |
| 17 | At other times they would collect along the river bank and the younger Martyn was to write many years later of Crocus vernus , ‘ I remember , when a boy , to have seen it in considerable quantity in Battersea meadow , near the mill ’ . |