Example sentences of "[adv] seen [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You 'd only seen me a couple of times , and then you were n't exactly falling over yourself to speak to me ! ’ she spat back .
2 I have only seen one badger in the so-called ‘ wild ’ , caught in the beam of car headlights as it dashed across a small country road in Cornwall .
3 He has only seen one defeat at the ground .
4 I 've only seen one , I have n't seen any more than one at
5 Oh I did n't see them finished I only seen one .
6 ‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’
7 ‘ I have only seen her at the funeral .
8 we 've , we 've only seen her that , we 've only spoke to her once
9 I 've only seen her once
10 Like most birdwatchers , I have only seen them in pictures -invariably in supremely elegant poses , their long , thin beaks delicately probing the water for weeds .
11 He had only seen them in books and wondered how something as light and puffy as steam could pull such heavy carriages .
12 He told me he 's infallibly able to recognize women even if he 's only seen them once .
13 We 've only seen what we 've seen just recently in Russia ,
14 Hitherto we 'd only seen their faces and spoken with our hands .
15 She had only seen him when she had climbed the wooden steps up to the promenade : he was out of sight of the kiosk , waiting across the road , almost hidden in the dark cave of an amusement arcade .
16 It 'll be playing patience I 've only seen him doing " .
17 It 's as if I 'd only seen him at twilight ; and now suddenly I see him at dawn .
18 I 've only seen him kiss your woman , that was what three and a half months ago .
19 I 've only seen my daughter-in-law for three minutes since I got the news .
20 He had only seen my eyes .
21 had only seen it
22 ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once .
23 Rufus had only seen it while eating partridge which had been winged instead of shot in the head and had nearly broken one of his teeth on the tiny ball of lead .
24 This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time .
25 ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance .
26 only seen it in that .
27 I 've only seen it once .
28 But I 've only seen it in some of the
29 Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement .
30 He said he believed the Emperor was with the troops on the Brussels road , but he had not personally seen him .
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