Example sentences of "seen [noun sg] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was the first time she had ever seen fear in Connor O'Dell 's eyes . |
| 4 | I 've never seen Puss in Boots . |
| 5 | Other changes have seen Walmer in Kent operating a 29 knot Atlantic 21 in place of an 8 knot Rother class . |
| 6 | In Moscow he became a convert to Marxism , having seen Capitalism in action in Europe . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But several witnesses had seen Orlick in town all evening . |
| 11 | ‘ In Scotland we have seen employment in manufacturing tumble from 605,000 people in 1979 to 348,000 today . |