Example sentences of "[vb base] seen [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've seen better men than you think they could handle the drink and end up in the gutter with a bottle of the fortified wine . ’ |
| 2 | I 've seen thinner lambs at Eastertide . |
| 3 | We 've seen worse-looking aliens . |
| 4 | ‘ I have seen worse storms than this . |
| 5 | The region today is a sparsely populated land of ruined homesteads , small towns that have seen better days , farmers who are too reliant on unreplenishable groundwater , and missile silos . |
| 6 | Inside there 's no carpet , just old lino , a few vinyl-covered stacking chairs , and two tables that have seen better days . |
| 7 | Cabinet Ministers struggle into dinner jackets that have seen better days ( so , too , do their detectives ) , their wives sit long before dressing tables applying powder and paint . |
| 8 | We are working at Nanking University , in rather cramped and primitive conditions , for the buildings have seen better days . |
| 9 | Young children get a lot of pleasure from using the costumes and re-enacting ( and adapting ) in their own play what they have seen older children doing . |
| 10 | ‘ I have seen livelier funerals . ’ |