Example sentences of "had only seen [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He had only seen them in books and wondered how something as light and puffy as steam could pull such heavy carriages .
2 She had only seen him when she had climbed the wooden steps up to the promenade : he was out of sight of the kiosk , waiting across the road , almost hidden in the dark cave of an amusement arcade .
3 He had only seen my eyes .
4 had only seen it
5 ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once .
6 Rufus had only seen it while eating partridge which had been winged instead of shot in the head and had nearly broken one of his teeth on the tiny ball of lead .
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