Example sentences of "had see [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because , apart from the emotion of the moment , what had made me take this decision was really a kind of pride : I had to see myself as someone who had done the ‘ right thing ’ . |
| 2 | And then , suddenly , I had to see him as a MAN — my husband ! |
| 3 | He had to see it for himself . |
| 4 | Under the rules of 1865 they remained responsible for their publications after they had seen them into print . |
| 5 | But she had seen them on the newsreel before the big film , creaking and groaning across the land , their great limbless , legless form crushing and grinding all that was in their way . |
| 6 | Members were pleased when constituents said that they had seen them on the box , and only one Member had received complaints that he had not been seen . |
| 7 | She had seen them on their expensive horses , swooping across country , confident in the saddle . |
| 8 | This is the second skirmish in a brief cross-border raid for Edinburgh 's Joyriders ( the previous evening had seen them on the charity gig trail with Mega City Four in Tufnell Park ) , out to bludgeon the capital 's callow youth into line with their handsomely appointed tuff-pop manifesto . |
| 9 | I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man . |
| 10 | He had seen them at the County Show , where he had gone for the rabbits , all those girls with plaits and scrubbed faces and clean gloves , doing an exhibition ride . |
| 11 | No one had seen them for days . |
| 12 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 13 | He had seen them through the gates . |
| 14 | On the contrary , the miners ' wives seemed desperate to keep the spirit that had seen them through the long months , the solidarity and friendship and , above all , the feeling that together they could do something to change the world and make it a better place , not only for themselves , but for all those suffering injustice . |
| 15 | She had seen them through a strange fuzzy blankness , as if they were constructs of her subconscious which were being projected against her closed eyelids . |
| 16 | He had seen them through the lean years , and here now was a good harvest . |
| 17 | He had seen them from far away , and had come to help them , one of them in particular . |
| 18 | The press had already scented a story , and friends at Regent 's Park Zoo urged her to speak out about the zoo animals ' wretched living conditions , now she had seen them in their natural habitat . |
| 19 | The only occasions on which I had seen them in operation they had failed lamentably . |
| 20 | I had seen them in Kano clutching their swords as they slept in shop doorways where they were employed as night-watchmen . |
| 21 | Leslie was aware that most people " can not Read at all " , but said he had seen them in the streets " Gather together about one that can Read " and listen to a newspaper being read aloud . |
| 22 | The man standing by my side said that he had seen them behind the terminal . |
| 23 | She had seen them around the hotel for the last five days . |
| 24 | Then like a fool he had spoken of Maud , and Sarah had seen him as nothing more than a philanderer . |
| 25 | He could only assume that , being unaware of his true status as a DIA agent , the DEA and its oversight agency , the FBI , had seen him as a soft target , and framed the passport violation charge as a means of silencing an awkward witness without realizing who he was or the damage they were doing . |
| 26 | He was as perfect to her now as he had been when she had seen him as a child . |
| 27 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 28 | She had been as insignificant in appearance as all the other girls I had seen him with : as insignificant as I was myself . |
| 29 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 30 | From the start , Beth had seen him for what he really was . |