Example sentences of "have see [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The second year of operation of the Napier Enterprise Centre has seen the activities of the Centre making a real impact on staff and students of the University .
2 Anyone who has seen the martins and swallows in September , assembling on the telephone wires , twittering , making short flights singly and in groups over the open , stubbly fields , returning to form longer and even longer lines above the yellowing verges of the lanes — the hundreds of individual birds merging and blending , in a mounting excitement , into swarms , and these swarms coming loosely and untidily together to create a great , unorganized flock , thick at the centre and ragged at the edges , which breaks and re-forms continually like clouds or waves — until that moment when the greater part ( but not all ) of them know that the time has come : they are off and have begun once more that great southward flight which many will not survive ; anyone seeing this has seen at work the current that flows ( among creatures who think of themselves primarily as part of a group and only secondarily , if at all , as individuals ) to fuse them together and impel them into action without conscious thought or will : has seen at work the angel which drove the First Crusade into Antioch and drives the lemmings into the sea .
3 He has seen the battalions , squadrons , tanks , infantry , and so on .
4 He , like the rest of us , has seen the effects on this country of 14 years of continuous Tory rule , resulting in the present economic chaos and farce .
5 However , it also came to be recognised that a sale can be by description even though the buyer has seen the goods .
6 Even the earliest beginner , if he or she has seen the originals , will instantly recognise there is something missing .
7 ‘ Sally has seen the statuettes at my cottage on random occasions .
8 The much-thumbed book is deeply moving , and sets the tone for a walk round this glorious building , which has seen the christenings , marriages and burials of the folk of the village for more than 600 years .
9 He has seen the photographs .
10 There must be someone who has seen the kings and will tell me which way to go . ’
11 The appeal court will only interfere if there is a significant divergence from the norm ; here again they allow the trial judge a margin of appreciation because that judge has seen the parties and heard the evidence .
12 Mr Aznar has repeatedly taken refuge in claims that the Socialists are hiding the true figures and that he can not make promises until he has seen the books .
13 I have not met the one in possession of my estate , and maybe never will , but I like to think of him as a kindly , white-haired old gentleman with a twinkle in his eye and a bag of humbugs for passing children , a man who has seen the troubles of the world but who remains untainted .
14 This record-breaking year , which has seen the men 's team collect the national championship silver medal and now prove themselves to be the best club team in the North augurs well for the future of the Darlington club .
15 ‘ You must 've seen the men , then . ’
16 It was some kind of a medical thing ; he 'd seen the bracelets before , and this was just another variation .
17 He 'd already he 'd seen the bags going up and he 'd already got that in his head .
18 Then she cradled the tits the way she 'd seen the girls do in Ryan 's father 's porno movies .
19 Maybe she 'd seen the looks of fear in her children 's eyes as she talked to them , maybe she 'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame .
20 She 'd seen the possibilities at once .
21 They wanted to surprise him by jumping out and saying ‘ Happy birthday ! ’ after he 'd seen the presents .
22 I 'd seen the rails before , a set laid between the road and the water ; the rain was now making them glisten and smirk .
23 Oh well as I er , as I was saying about th this aunt that stayed with me , er she once er saw a , well I do n't know whether she actually seen it or not , but she 'd seen the results of it , of a tinker 's divorce , and this man killed this horse and threw his wife on top of it and that was him divorced .
24 My sights were wide-ranging " I 'd like to work for the Daily Mirror or the Telegraph , " I informed my friends , as I sank a pint in the way I 'd seen the big-boys do at the time of the by-election .
25 If ye 'd seen the airs and graces of her ! ’
26 He 'd seen the walls of reason built against it , brick by brick .
27 Detectives think someone may have seen the bombers as they were planting the devices .
28 For when he spells out his conclusion , it appears to amount to the claim that , since people are not in general stupid , most cutlery executives would have seen the advantages of changing to stainless steel .
29 Anyone with good eyesight would certainly have seen the riders , but to someone like Dame Elizabeth their presence might only be betrayed by a flash of colour .
30 At least out of the small side-windows he would not have seen the effects on the aircraft of those gusting winds .
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