Example sentences of "i have seen a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 2 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 3 | Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies . |
| 4 | And I 'd seen a most delightful villa — do you know St-Tropez , Jean ? |
| 5 | I 'd seen a lot of that splashy material . |
| 6 | I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how . |
| 7 | I 'd seen a photograph of one of those ; they cut your throat and pull your tongue out through the slit . |
| 8 | I was sure I 'd seen a punch thrown . |
| 9 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 10 | Over his shoulder I 'd seen a pair of beat coppers walking by . |
| 11 | I 'd seen a 100 franc note on the mantelpiece at old Ma Scamp 's place . |
| 12 | In the past I 'd seen a fair bit of Lloyd . |
| 13 | Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it . |
| 14 | During the review I had been to Switzerland where I had seen a compulsory occupational scheme successfully in operation . |
| 15 | Once I had seen a rabbit snare fixed between the palings of a fence , and now my mind 's eye saw a rabbit hopping slowly towards this remembered snare as if hypnotized , and the rabbit was me . |
| 16 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 17 | When I had first arrived I had seen a couple of press people milling around , but now there seemed to be a whole platoon of them , cameras at the ready . |
| 18 | I told her that once , going into church , I had seen a kind young priest christening a very nice baby . |
| 19 | ‘ Earlier , I had seen a picture of Farrah in the paper . |
| 20 | I was very upset , even though I had seen a lot of birds die before ; I had really thought this one was going to make it . |
| 21 | I had noticed the name on the map ; it seemed very remote but I had seen a reference to an inn there . |
| 22 | The fire had died to cold ashes , but I felt my way to where I had seen a candlestick , left ready on the mantelpiece , presumably as insurance against just this event . |
| 23 | It was a movement I had seen a hundred times on television , but never before in real life . |
| 24 | He was among the founders of the Association of Cricket Statisticians in 1973 , playing a prominent role in their series of publications on the players of each first-class county and producing the A to Z of Cricket Records in 1976 : ‘ I had seen a book on the football records and persuaded the publisher to try a similar volume on cricket records — not only listing them by explaining them . |
| 25 | I realized I had seen a few of these same processions on my way north through eastern Czechoslovakia , in Ovitkov and in Ostrava . |
| 26 | However , while I was in hospital , I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia in the bed opposite me . |
| 27 | Just in front of me I had seen a large shell-crater , an old one . |
| 28 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
| 29 | ‘ Although I had seen a few people through Plump Partners — some of whom are still great friends — romance never really blossomed for me . |
| 30 | But for a moment , you understand , I thought I had seen a ghost . ’ |