Example sentences of "[pers pn] have seen [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 2 | I 've seen quite a few er in the so well you see we belong wi the Guild is fit into three tiers . |
| 3 | Over the past twenty years I have seen about a dozen performances of Hamlet , a play which was also constantly revived in the early seventeenth century . |
| 4 | ‘ You will remember that although I was born a vicar 's daughter , I have seen quite a different level of life since then . |
| 5 | ‘ I have seen quite a few races on television and the competition is really good . ’ |
| 6 | He was n't allowed to work that day , so people turned up in a white shirt and tie and looking smart , they had to wear uniforms even a cap but unfortunately nowadays , although a lot of the I have seen quite a few people their uniform has changed since I left , but erm they do come to work in very very casual work now . |
| 7 | Peach and cherry trees are out in blossom , and we 've seen quite a few birds . |
| 8 | We 've seen quite a dramatic increase this year . |
| 9 | As my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook said earlier , we have seen only a few small and rather insignificant measures that do not add up to a large impact on our criminal justice system , which is crying out for fundamental change . |
| 10 | In Chapter 1 , and along the way , we have seen how a characteristic feature of seventeenth-century thought was its anti-Aristotelianism . |