Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb base] [adv] seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please excuse me — I 'm off for a refill ’ , ‘ I 'm enjoying our chat , but I 've just seen someone whom I need to speak to urgently . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | But I 've only seen one or two , can we think about photocopying them if it 's that thin , because by the time it gets to me sometimes it 's not legible . |
| 4 | But I 've only seen it in some of the |
| 5 | Hills cut him from 10-1 to 6-1 , prompting their representative , Don Payne , to comment : ‘ You expect big market moves before races like this , but I 've never seen anything on this scale . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been involved in a few of these things but I 've never seen anyone bring it up to the level he did — he turned it up a few notches . ’ |
| 7 | But I 've never seen a child there … ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps ; but I 've never seen any particular virtue in consistency , and it certainly made for variety . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've heard of such a thing , of course , but I 've never seen it myself . |
| 10 | His skin was so dark that he caused another black AE at DPR to comment : " I 'm from Jamaica , but I 've never seen anyone that black . " |
| 11 | Well I 've took that , I took that some years ago but I 've never seen it on show you know ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 've seen many women in my life , ’ continued the young man , staring into her face , ‘ but I 've never seen a woman as beautiful as you . |
| 13 | I 've seen a lot o' different things and that like ; but I 've never seen an owd cow dragging a tumbril ! ’ |
| 14 | Minimizing — " Our area may have a problem but I 've never seen it except for the pushers hanging about that dreadful housing estate " . |
| 15 | I 've seen just about every kind of drunk , but I 've never seen one shake like he did . |
| 16 | You know : the things youngsters stick on their cars to make 'em look like racers — but I 've never seen it done to a clapped-out old van before . ’ |
| 17 | And it can seem quite ghostly and atmospheric on a misty November afternoon , but I 've never seen any ghosts there . |
| 18 | In battle he 's unstoppable , but I 've never seen him kill a man in cold blood before . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've known Rohan a long time , but I 've never seen him this way with a woman before , or with such immediacy . |
| 20 | Er Noble Lords er know a good precedent erm y you just but I 've never seen one before and erm so far of course perhaps I 'm being unfair as there has n't been the opportunity to do so , but so far we have had no explanation from the Government as to how that list i it is proposed shall be compiled |
| 21 | You could just see them at low water and er that was one of the danger points but I 've never seen ships coming close to Skerrymor at all . |
| 22 | I 've seen dust before but and bits of fluff and rag and stuff but I 've never seen a bloody , and a nail damn great screw ! |
| 23 | Oh , I 've never heard , well I 've heard of it , but I 've never seen it |
| 24 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 25 | I do n't think it is at all but I 've never seen it . |
| 26 | I had a ghost in my house in France but I 've never seen anything but people have . |
| 27 | because I breed racehorses , I also am a farmer so I wear two hats , but I 've actually seen foxes sit down we move the hounds move in , si sit down and scratch in the middle of a field , and then they think ah ! |
| 28 | but I have actually seen all of the others . |
| 29 | There are some people who claim to be able to control an axe kick to the top of the opponent 's head , but I have never seen this done effectively enough to score . |
| 30 | But I have never seen a gang-fight , as such , with grown men involved . |