Example sentences of "seen [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gentleman , Jim Almonds , immensely tall and a little less boisterous than some of the others , had seen action at Tobruk together with Pat Riley and Jock Lewes . |
| 2 | Gogarth has also seen action from Meyers , who braved the wall right of Hunger to provide Extinction E7/8 6b — an obviously scary number . |
| 3 | No.4 Troop had caught a section of German defenders early in the battle as they ran to their alarm posts , but other Germans , many of whom had seen action in Norway in 1940 , tenaciously defended the strongpoints including the improvised fortifications of the Ulvesund Hotel . |
| 4 | The last time I saw prisons like that was in northern Iraq , when the Kurds were knocking down doors and killing guards , freeing men and women who had seen daylight in years . |
| 5 | It was the first time she had ever seen fear in Connor O'Dell 's eyes . |
| 6 | I 've never seen Puss in Boots . |
| 7 | I am entirely convinced that Joseph Kosuth has never seen work by Claudio Parmiggiani either actually or in reproduction . |
| 8 | Other changes have seen Walmer in Kent operating a 29 knot Atlantic 21 in place of an 8 knot Rother class . |
| 9 | He waited until Berthon — with whom Rudd had never seen eye to eye — took a holiday and grafted a new front end on to Jean Behra 's car . |
| 10 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 11 | Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris . |
| 12 | ‘ Angela , ’ he said , ‘ you and me , we 've not always seen eye to eye recently , but we are friends . |
| 13 | The two have never seen eye to eye apparently and although some papers called him a hothead , Horton insists he was n't going to have a go at the ref , who was given a police escort back to the dressing rooms . |
| 14 | In Moscow he became a convert to Marxism , having seen Capitalism in action in Europe . |
| 15 | Have you seen Imitation of Life ? |
| 16 | It has heard and seen evidence from witnesses including the minister of agriculture , fisheries and food , the chairman of the NRA , the Chemical Industries Association and the Institute of Wastes Management , and has recommended that the government take the fourth option of its consultation paper ( Chem . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'ave n't seen thoo since t'funeral . ’ |
| 18 | Line-up of eight Antonov An-2 biplanes seen recently at Riga Airport , Latvia , all of which have seen service with Aeroflot at some time during their flying careers . |
| 19 | Would it not be a good thing if the Government explained to the people of Wolverhampton , perhaps even by taking an advertisement in the Express and Star , that the gross overspending has continued year after year because Wolverhampton council has seen education in terms of employing people in schools , not in terms of providing good education ? |
| 20 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 21 | Evidence of this could be seen week after week from 1989 onwards . |
| 22 | The American art historian whom she had met in Perugia reappeared as professor on a sabbatical from his East Coast university , and was to be seen dining with Esther in restaurants beyond the reach of the undergraduate purse : the Arts Theatre Restaurant , Miller 's , the Garden House Hotel . |
| 23 | Had I seen love at Bristol ? |
| 24 | Have you seen size of joints of meat down there ? |
| 25 | The unset seen scandal of Major 's Britain , a hundred and twenty thousand , sixteen to twenty four year olds , not on the register , not in a job , no scheme to join and no benefit available . |
| 26 | The sources , who have seen Viking in action , say that the thing works , and may even perform ahead of expectations when it eventually sees the light of day . |
| 27 | One of the old stations , complete with platform , can still be seen east of Newhaven Road Bridge . |
| 28 | But , at that time , none of us had seen Hell in person We 'd seen a picture of The Heartbreakers that Malcolm had brought back from New York — the one in which it was meant to look like they 'd been shot in the heart but in fact looked like they d all had the same accident with a ketchup bottle . |
| 29 | But several witnesses had seen Orlick in town all evening . |
| 30 | Seen end on Pen-y-ghent always reminds me of Cnicht ( 690m ) in Wales . |