Example sentences of "he had seen [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she , too , had something of the precision and contrived charm of a doll with an almost round head poised ’ on a long delicate neck , a snub nose with a splatter of freckles , a small mouth with a full upper lip beautifully curved and a bristle of cropped hair , originally fair but with bright orange tips which caught the sun and trembled in the breeze so that the whole head seemed for a moment to have a vivid life separated from the rest of her body and , the image changing , he had seen her as a bright exotic flower . |
| 2 | He had seen her on television . |
| 3 | Over the past few years , since she had broken off her engagement to Jean-Paul , he had seen her on various occasions — at balls in London , or at country-house weekends once at Christian Glendinning 's parents ' house , but they had spoken only briefly . |
| 4 | First Nathan had thought she was easy because he had seen her with Giles . |
| 5 | He had recognised her at once when he had seen her at the funeral , and even then her looks , though pale and wan , had surprised him with their purity . |
| 6 | He remembered , suddenly , how she had looked when he had seen her after her first shock treatment , her lips bitten and bruised . |
| 7 | Jacob , looking at her , thought she seemed happier than he had seen her in years . |
| 8 | It was possible that he , too , had not troubled himself with thoughts of her real life until he had seen her in the garden with Ben . |
| 9 | A little better ; he had seen her in a few more moods , some higher , some lower . |
| 10 | She had been on his mind since the morning he had seen her from his horse ; frightened yet defiant , sparking with anger . |
| 11 | He had seen him in the city . |
| 12 | He had never been this close to him before , though of course he had seen him from a distance on parade , the short , brisk figure in green and white , dwarfed by the forest of cocked hats around , yet somehow contriving to dominate them all . |
| 13 | While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ? |
| 14 | Had someone insisted he had seen me in Romorantin , or further afield , I should not have been able to confirm or deny the sighting . |
| 15 | He had seen them through the gates . |
| 16 | He had seen them through the lean years , and here now was a good harvest . |
| 17 | He had seen them at the County Show , where he had gone for the rabbits , all those girls with plaits and scrubbed faces and clean gloves , doing an exhibition ride . |
| 18 | Leslie was aware that most people " can not Read at all " , but said he had seen them in the streets " Gather together about one that can Read " and listen to a newspaper being read aloud . |
| 19 | The man standing by my side said that he had seen them behind the terminal . |
| 20 | He had seen them from far away , and had come to help them , one of them in particular . |
| 21 | In his deliberations whether to sell or keep on the mill as a holiday home he had seen it as a refuge from London , eccentric and remote , providing a temporary escape from the demands of his job and the pressures of success . |
| 22 | Last summer was in Peter 's mind too , he had seen it as a failure , here he was going to put it right , he was enjoying the fear , he was Jamie dogfighting in the sky , he was very calm , very cold . |
| 23 | But he had seen it at once , when Berdichev had first shown him the Aristotle File . |
| 24 | For a moment he thought that a sprinkling of light fell wherever Fael-Inis walked , but as it touched the floor it vanished , and he could not be sure that he had seen it at all . |
| 25 | He had seen it from the outside . |
| 26 | The first great movement of the Holy Spirit was felt at a meeting held in Mr John Montgomery 's field in Edenderry where a young man was describing the work of God as he had seen it in Ballymena . |
| 27 | Rufus had never seen anyone do that before , though he had seen it in pictures on seaside postcards . |
| 28 | He had seen it in her eyes . |