Example sentences of "have see [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | That respect has been earned over the space of a 39- year career with the firm which has seen Grants take its Glenfiddich brand and turn it from a regional tipple in the north-east of Scotland into Britain 's and the world 's leading single malt . |
2 | Or trying to motivate a workforce that has seen inflation halve the buying power of its wages . |
3 | The most encouraging increase of all comes from the Transport equipment sector which has seen exports rise 38% to £223.6 million . |
4 | BRITAIN 'S struggle to climb out of the worst recession since the 1930s has seen Ministers return to the old ‘ belt-tightening ’ rhetoric of more than a decade ago — a move less than popular with Liberal Democrat Steve Cawley . |
5 | Mrs Hillaby , the present clerk of the course , told me how she has seen horses collapse at the finish , and one had even laid down and died through being ridden too hard . |
6 | The company , which has a 60% market share , has seen sales drop by a fifth since November . |
7 | Storm Group — makers of both the Wombles and Shoe People characters — has seen sales soar SIX-FOLD in the past six months . |
8 | As a result it has seen sales climb by a third in the first four months of this year . |
9 | A crippling recruitment and retention crisis has seen BR lose vital engineering staff to better paid jobs for example in British Telecom and Mercury , where senior technicians ' rates are up to £60 a week more . |
10 | You 've responded to TODAY 's unique combination of hard and honest news , bright features and the best in sport , which has seen circulation soar to 548,502 . |
11 | Bud Collins , one of America 's leading tennis commentators and writers , who wrote the foreword , assures me that he has seen Wegner prove the point by teaching newcomers from seven to seventy keep a reasonable rally going within two hours of them first picking up a racket . |
12 | But from Lang 's point of view , a decade which has seen councils take their spending protests to the brink of illegal action appears to have drawn to a close . |
13 | This period has seen capitalism shake out labour in such a way as to decimate the working class , now much smaller , living in decaying urban areas , with little chance of upward mobility , and yet create the conditions for a relatively secure middle class . |
14 | It could be a unique occasion ( possibly hilarious ) and a fitting bash to celebrate a decade has seen trainer wear break out on a massive scale . |
15 | He 'd seen women give birth on their cabin floors and get up and cook their man a meal when he came in … |
16 | I 'm by the window and I 'd seen Pickerage make his enticing little way there just a minute before . |
17 | In this , he was only doing what he 'd seen Jesus do . |
18 | The lady at the dole office was nicely dressed in flowered cotton , she 'd seen Alex cry once and got her some tissues and everything was suddenly made easy . |
19 | Lifted and dropped his shoulders a few times , he 'd seen people do it when they tried on clothes in stores . |
20 | She 'd seen people nod to him , shake his hand . |
21 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
22 | I 'd seen Bunny arrive , take one look around the pub and decide against it . |
23 | Richard Branson 's airline blamed the breakdown on BA for trying to impose a ‘ gagging clause ’ in an agreement which would have seen BA pay £9 million in compensation to Virgin . |
24 | But , having seen Upjohn dig in its heels in Britain and America , the Canadians may be less keen to begin a long battle over the drug . |
25 | Having seen Faldo retain the title in 1990 , Woosnam was aware that lightning could strike twice , metaphorically on this course as well as literally , as it had done on Saturday and threatened to do again yesterday . |
26 | Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final . |
27 | I 've seen Arnold play so many good shots , but given the position he was in , knowing it could win or lose the Championship , that was his best for me . |
28 | And the yeast used to come to the erm Station at er in wicker baskets , in sacks , little tiny sacks used to be , little Hessian bags sort of thing , pressed into it har , you know what yeast is , you 've seen yeast have n't you ? |
29 | Between choruses of ‘ Na-na-na-na-na ’ the singer howls out lines like ‘ I 've seen Britain defend The Falklands while old age pensioners freeze ’ , ( screeching guitar break , pounding blast of drums and , one assumes , fists in the air ) . |
30 | I 've seen prisoners become much more calm and be able to put things in perspective instead of being demanding |