Example sentences of "seen [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He promised to adopt the same approach to councillorship ‘ which has seen me through as a councillor for 20 years with 11 of these as county councillor . ’ |
| 2 | She had given up work to have the children and she 'd seen them through to school age , when she 'd gone out and found herself another job . |
| 3 | no here they are , I know I 've seen them somewhere on the window sill |
| 4 | He had always seen them somewhere in the medical field as well as on a rugby pitch . |
| 5 | Someone , somewhere must have been concerned for and worried about these unfortunate children and found their absence odd ; surely too , someone must have paid their fare and seen them off on their journey . |
| 6 | Sarah caught it first , being nearest , and she soon forgot to mope for her disconsolate Sir George ( who had seen them off with very ill grace ) . |
| 7 | Once I could have seen them off by asserting that I had no interest in such things , preferring to live from one day to the next , unfettered by possessions and responsibilities . |
| 8 | ‘ Never seen them before in my life , ’ said Masklin . |
| 9 | Once again it brings me in to the point where er double glazers have to go and measure up then do their , I know they 've got lovely lap tops I 've seen them now with their lap top comp their little samples there special catches here . |
| 10 | However , the evidence of the fireman who was on the footplate of the engine that was hauling the express disproved the allegations of the railway company , for he had seen them together on the train after it had arrived at Birmingham New Street Station around 2.30 when the children had waved at him . |
| 11 | Now that I 'd seen them together like that I started to have fantasies of being invited to watch them together , or to take photographs of them . |
| 12 | No , I 've never seen them there on a Thursday |
| 13 | I ai n't seen 'er about fer ages . |
| 14 | Have n't seen you around for a while . ’ |
| 15 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't seen you around with Ace before . |
| 17 | ‘ For now , I would rather look at you , take in your beauty and your warmth , hear your voice and bask in your smile — see you in reality just as hitherto I have seen you only in my dreams ! ’ |
| 18 | I 've never seen you before in my life . ’ |
| 19 | I 've never seen you before in my life ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've never seen you before in my life , ’ I said , not believing for a minute that honesty was going to be the best policy . |
| 21 | ‘ When I 've seen you safely on the train , I should still have time enough to get to the auction . ’ |
| 22 | You went and , you went and sat down and I seen yous fucking between the so I went and sat down . |
| 23 | He had never seen him again after that . |
| 24 | Before , she had seen him comfortably as part of the family , so to speak . |
| 25 | I 'd seen him around at one or two private parties given by wire service operators and gamblers . |
| 26 | ‘ We 've seen him around with the Padre too . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's another thing , ’ Candy continued , far too old a hand at the game to be distracted by such a blatant bid to change the subject , ‘ I 've seen him deep in conversation with quite a few people in the club recently . ’ |
| 28 | Animals would have known , would have caught his scent , or have seen him suddenly among them , and they 'd have turned and fled as a herd will turn from a predator . |
| 29 | He had seen him only in the dense fog . |
| 30 | Among the celebs busting to catch a glimpse of Nick 's end-of-the-pier nostalgia show were CLING POPPIE , JOHN from the NED 'S , SUEDE drummer SIMON , PAVEMENT , SEAN HUGHES ( cor , have n't seen him out for ages ) , ALAN and DAVE from the ROCKING BIRDS ( Hey ! |