Example sentences of "see a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These include four species of cobra but I have only seen a cobra twice , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Of course Nebbins had never seen a tractor before , he wondered what it was . |
| 3 | As with Impulse , this too is a gripping American psychological thriller , but I have n't seen a cover yet . |
| 4 | Each day they brought him cyclostyled sheets from their local agents , and the telephone numbers of friends ' relatives whose relatives ' friends had seen a board up somewhere . |
| 5 | I had never seen a man deliberately killed before and I was more scared even than I had been before . |
| 6 | Anabelle had never seen a turtle before , and thought him a kindly creature . |
| 7 | I have run in more than 30 cities , including places that had never seen a runner before . |
| 8 | Fenella , who had never seen a map quite like this one , had curled up on the floor to listen . |
| 9 | Kevin had never seen a nursery before . |
| 10 | I bet they have seen a change only he would n't admit it , if they did ! |
| 11 | But I 've never seen a child there … ’ |
| 12 | I had only seen a wall there before , and now my heart leapt when I saw , through the Bride and the Bachelors , through the Milky Way and the Chariot and the Grinder and the Sieves - someone moving . |
| 13 | ‘ I have seldom seen a person so paralytic . ’ |
| 14 | While I would have liked to have seen a bit more about 9 Sqn 's contribution to the Tirpitz attacks , I appreciate that this is a book about 617 Sqn . |
| 15 | His personal failure was for two reasons : firstly , that the metamorphosis from the Left-wing backbencher with a CND badge and a baggage of similar lost causes could be seen a mile off . |
| 16 | We were going to see a film and I had n't seen a film before . |
| 17 | She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking . |
| 18 | Recent years have also seen a swing away from the traditional ‘ family ’ household . |
| 19 | He ai n't even seen a fight though has he ? |
| 20 | Within about 10 days she knew that when the phone rang at night it would be Tony , despite never having seen a phone before . |
| 21 | ‘ I have never seen a King as badly dressed as you were ! ’ |
| 22 | A RARE lesser-crested tern has reappeared at Minsmere , Suffolk -more than 200 miles from the Northumbrian colony where it was last seen a fortnight ago . |
| 23 | Most of the children had never even seen a banana before let alone tasted one . |
| 24 | Curiously enough , she had never seen a newt before . |
| 25 | Stephen told them how that morning he had seen a girl out on the moor alone . |
| 26 | He had , quote , rarely seen a case so well managed as in this case , unquote . |
| 27 | They must introduce an unfamiliar subject to an audience which has never seen a watercolour before , and also provide new information of permanent value . |
| 28 | She had never seen a dragon before , and now she nearly exploded with joy . |
| 29 | ‘ Harriet — have you seen a newspaper today ? ’ he interrupted her . |
| 30 | Recent years have seen a move away from regimented package holidays as travellers start to assert their independence . |