Example sentences of "[conj] i have seen [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 4 | ‘ Nicola was happier than I had seen her for months , ’ he said . |
| 5 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 6 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 7 | And I 've seen them for years and years , twenty odd more than that years , beautiful , |
| 8 | I 've seen him in Baywatch and I 've seen him in Knightrider . |
| 9 | And if he does bring it to the attention of the authorities , the problem then arises that in many cases , and I 've seen it in my experience , he will be dissuaded |
| 10 | And I have seen them at the mid-day rest hour of twelve to one , I have seen a ploughman come into the stable , shake up the straw in the stall of his leading beast and lie down there and sleep . |
| 11 | I have known turnstones all my life as common winter visitors to the coastal areas of Britain , and I have seen them on their breeding-grounds in Lapland and in Spitsbergen , but I had n't really expected to find that they were ‘ bird-table ’ visitors in the Seychelles . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's ridiculous , I know , but I feel as if I should know her , as if I 've seen her before somewhere . ’ |
| 13 | Believe me , if I had seen her in any other place , I would have dismissed her as a witch from a mummer 's play . |
| 14 | Mind , I 'll have to go buy one cos I 've seen them in Newcastle . |
| 15 | Cos I 've seen him about a lot . |
| 16 | ‘ You can scoff , ’ said the visitor of San Severo , ‘ but I 've seen them with my own eyes . ’ |
| 17 | But I 've seen them on the pictures . |
| 18 | That shop , I do n't know what the name of that shop is , but I 've seen them in the window lately |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know what he does but I 've seen him around this area . |
| 20 | We have n't really discussed it , to be honest ; but I 've seen her with kids once or twice and she seems to get on with them instinctively . |
| 21 | The experience Mr Chairman I have of these situations is that trees happen to fall down , and hedges happen to get pushed by bulldozers , and at the end of the day , because I 've seen it in my own village where I was born , I 'm afraid with all respect to what happens , what is actually passed by the planners does n't actually come to pass because there is always a reason why it ca n't . |
| 22 | ( Looking at her , I was often reminded of the famous Lina Cavalieri as I had seen her in photographs . |
| 23 | There was Barrymore , with the light in his hand , looking out across the moor , exactly as I had seen him on the night before . |
| 24 | Was this ever issued as I 've seen nothing of it anywhere ? |
| 25 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |
| 26 | I had never met the head of governors , Dr Arnold Barton , though I had seen him at several functions , a thin , tall , stern-faced , lantern-jawed streak of a man who rarely seemed to smile . |
| 27 | I decided I did n't want a toffee-apple any more , even though I 'd seen one with a great wedge of toffee stuck to the bottom , so I pretended I 'd seen Marie passing in front of the window and I ran out and shouted , " Wait on , Marie , I 've an important message for you . " |