Example sentences of "i had seen a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , while I was in hospital , I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia in the bed opposite me . |
| 2 | When I had first arrived I had seen a couple of press people milling around , but now there seemed to be a whole platoon of them , cameras at the ready . |
| 3 | Once I had seen a rabbit snare fixed between the palings of a fence , and now my mind 's eye saw a rabbit hopping slowly towards this remembered snare as if hypnotized , and the rabbit was me . |
| 4 | The fire had died to cold ashes , but I felt my way to where I had seen a candlestick , left ready on the mantelpiece , presumably as insurance against just this event . |
| 5 | I had noticed the name on the map ; it seemed very remote but I had seen a reference to an inn there . |
| 6 | But for a moment , you understand , I thought I had seen a ghost . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Earlier , I had seen a picture of Farrah in the paper . |
| 8 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
| 9 | I was very upset , even though I had seen a lot of birds die before ; I had really thought this one was going to make it . |
| 10 | He was among the founders of the Association of Cricket Statisticians in 1973 , playing a prominent role in their series of publications on the players of each first-class county and producing the A to Z of Cricket Records in 1976 : ‘ I had seen a book on the football records and persuaded the publisher to try a similar volume on cricket records — not only listing them by explaining them . |