Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were friends and they expected never to see each other again . |
| 2 | They 'd all seen the armada crossing the water . |
| 3 | They would n't make those weird garden ornaments if they 'd ever seen a real nome . ’ |
| 4 | Legend has it that , during the obligatory pre-signing wine and dine sesh , The ‘ Weed boys insisted they share the food , as there was more on one plate than they 'd ever seen before . |
| 5 | Deceptively heavy eyelids gave her face an air of sleepy sensuality which boyfriends vowed was the most tantalising thing they 'd ever seen , but which she always felt quite at odds with her true feelings . |
| 6 | The most marvellous smile they 'd ever seen , the biggest in the world . |
| 7 | Sitting in the train , with a Sunday paper which I 'd automatically bought lying unopened on my knee , I felt a sense of relief at being away from him , at being surrounded by a lot of impersonal uncaring strangers who could see nothing different about me because they 'd never seen me before last night . |
| 8 | ’ They brought the nurse round because they 'd never seen me like this before . |
| 9 | He was wearing a disreputable pair of jeans that looked as though they 'd never seen an iron , and a grey shirt , the sleeves rolled back as if it were summer . |
| 10 | had to keep dragging them off to the toilet , they 'd never seen blind children you see they 'd all seen adults |
| 11 | Many players said they 'd never seen anyone suffer so much pain . |
| 12 | Despite winning a court order in their favour , and consulting three firms of solicitors , the couple are still paying a mortgage on a home they wish they 'd never seen . |
| 13 | they cope , I mean as far as they were concerned , as far as they were concerned they 'd never seen such , the crematorium was packed , the people was all lined outside |
| 14 | Catherine and Hindley were expecting presents , and they rushed eagerly to see what it was . |
| 15 | Are parents going to be invited to see talented children involved in a theatrical performance or are they coming just to see their child ‘ doing something ’ on the stage with all the other children in the school ? |
| 16 | The following morning ( Wednesday , December 6th ) they went together to see Balfour , still in his sickroom . |
| 17 | They looked forward to see if another component had malfunctioned . |
| 18 | One possibility is that they do actually see themselves as superior — as opposed to seeing us as inferior or helpless . |
| 19 | They 've also seen minor incidents in the Bull and Bush , which stays open until 2am . |
| 20 | Probably they did n't see a thing , and if they did , well , they 've both seen blokes in the bath before now — ’ |
| 21 | Pretty girls , risqué sketches , they 've never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 22 | You can see it in the glazed looks on the faces of the crowd tonight — they 've never seen anything like it ! |
| 23 | They 've never seen me play |
| 24 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 25 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 26 | However , one ‘ kinship defender ’ interviewed did speak of children ‘ having intense feelings for their own parents even if they 've never seen them ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ This is like something that they 've never seen . |
| 28 | I work a part of the river they 've never seen . ’ |
| 29 | They 've never seen anything but shooting and death , like those kids in Beirut and South America . |
| 30 | We are driving through parts of Brixton that look like they 've never seen daylight . |