Example sentences of "have seen [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another person the people in St Aldate 's would have seen was the kings nephew , Prince Rupert , erm only 23 but one of the King 's major assets , a brilliant cavalry commander . |
| 2 | No one present would have disputed that but the feeling was that all we had seen was the closing of one chapter of a story in which there is much more to come . |
| 3 | The functional lump he had seen was the first to disappear into Pete 's mouth . |
| 4 | And the only pictures in the house that she had seen were the sentimental , old-fashioned print in her room and Finn 's dog over the mantelpiece , which a child might have painted and hung up , to show off . |
| 5 | I was able to correct him ; what he had seen were the crowds of prisoners ! |