Example sentences of "she [verb] seen [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This is what people do before parties : she has seen them doing it on television : indeed , she used to do it herself when she was young , when she had no need of such substances , before she reverted so inexorably to her ancestral type . |
2 | That was the er , last one that she 'd seen they said that . |
3 | Raging at Felipe had just been because she 'd been shocked and scared for him when she 'd seen him take off into the air . |
4 | And Merrill did n't want to think of Luke and that hollow , unsatisfied feeling that had followed when she 'd seen him drive away last night . |
5 | She had seen him like this before , the night they 'd met , when he 'd been determined to have his own way ; she 'd seen him like this again , when he 'd announced she was not going to return to Milan … |
6 | She had also made one or two favourable remarks on the occasions she 'd seen him working out , and had assured him that , once he 'd attained the standards she 'd set for him , he could look forward to being given a fairly prominent role in the next major presentation . |
7 | She 'd seen him coming out , but he had n't noticed her . |
8 | But she was sure she 'd seen him jump . |
9 | It was the first time she 'd seen him look really happy . |
10 | It was the first time she 'd seen him smile and , though it obviously was n't intended to charm , it took her breath away and made her pulses quicken . |
11 | Rose said she 'd seen her walking in the direction of the milking sheds , and with a little nod Ellie went out into the grounds . |
12 | She 'd seen Jeanette close-to , and she 'd seen her scrubbed clean and ready for home . |
13 | Asked for a safety deposit box after she 'd seen me cramming Belgian banknotes in an envelope . |
14 | ’ The daughter cut in , she 'd seen me like this before . |
15 | This one just flung the door open and she 'd either been standing behind it when I knocked or , more likely , she 'd seen me coming . |
16 | I came searching for you at the shop and one of your neighbours told me she 'd seen you come this way . ‘ |
17 | ‘ She insisted she 'd seen you heading out through the woods at about half-past nine , shortly before she missed it . |
18 | She remembered because she had seen her drive off and it was unusual for ‘ a señora of her quality ’ to be driving herself with no companion . |
19 | Carlie believed everyone was out to do her in , and she had disliked Mrs Mason , the foster mother , as soon as she had seen her standing in the doorway . |
20 | Emily knew that her beautiful daughter had a dozen friends at school , she had seen her walking down the street when classes were over , surrounded by other girls . |
21 | She had seen people die , she had seen them give birth , she had chopped them into little pieces : more significantly , with Charles she had achieved orgasm , which she had never managed with Edgar . |
22 | Electrodes , that 's what they were ; she had seen them used on the baby in the next cot to Jenny in the hospital , just a few days before she had died . |
23 | They had noticed and she had seen them notice . |
24 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
25 | He was the biggest man in Polruan was Uncle Harry , a real giant of a man and once she had seen him knock a child over by mistake when all he had meant to do was cuff him playfully on the ear . |
26 | He looked like an old man suddenly and she realised how he had aged since she had seen him last . |
27 | At first she did n't recognise him , he was so much taller , so much gawkier than when she had seen him last . |
28 | He was sitting in the bar with a drink and the evening paper when she came down , and though he appeared not to notice her quiet descent until she was at the foot of the stairs , she had seen him shift his weight some seconds before he looked up , ready to spring to his feet and intercept her . |
29 | She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave . |
30 | Allen had been interested in the sack ; she had seen him stooping where the sack was hidden and he had been doing something with it . |