Example sentences of "had seen [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The press had already scented a story , and friends at Regent 's Park Zoo urged her to speak out about the zoo animals ' wretched living conditions , now she had seen them in their natural habitat . |
| 2 | The only occasions on which I had seen them in operation they had failed lamentably . |
| 3 | I had seen them in Kano clutching their swords as they slept in shop doorways where they were employed as night-watchmen . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had seen him in the little town so immersed in looking up at the old buildings , that he ran into a lamppost . |
| 6 | He had seen him in the city . |
| 7 | In fact , Dustin was not unknown to Nichols , who had seen him in Journey of the Fifth Horse and had auditioned him for the Broadway musical The Apple Tree . |
| 8 | A witness had seen him in deep water , shouting and waving for help . |
| 9 | People had seen him in the park . |
| 10 | As the years had progressed a series of petty crimes had seen him in remand homes , borstals and finally prison . |
| 11 | Four weeks later she had seen him in the cinema queue with another girl , and had perceived that her day was over ; in between , she had known disorientation and obsession , diagnosed her trouble , and felt exhilarated . |
| 12 | Sergeant Curtis came in to report that a woman living near Riddle had seen him in Bay View Terrace on Friday evening , but this merely confirmed the route he had taken . |
| 13 | Since she had seen him in Marlott , his face had grown more thoughtful . |
| 14 | I had always admired him , ever since as a small boy I had seen him in his State robes in India . |
| 15 | She had recognised him instantly , though she had seen him in the flesh only once before and that had been across a crowded ballroom . |
| 16 | He claimed he got started after being spotted in a bar by someone who mistakenly thought they had seen him in a male model magazine . |
| 17 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
| 18 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 19 | Their Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus from the West Indies had been lost but he had seen one in the physic garden at Amsterdam where , with proper management , it was in great vigour . |
| 20 | People had seen me in my drama school finals . |
| 21 | Had someone insisted he had seen me in Romorantin , or further afield , I should not have been able to confirm or deny the sighting . |
| 22 | In the car he had seen himself in words on a page , a helpless being pinioned by letters , manipulated by a creative intelligence that seemed set upon punishment and pain rather than any grace or redemption . |
| 23 | She had seen something in those dark tragic eyes , something akin to the anguish betrayed now in Tyler 's . |
| 24 | He had seen nothing in her lifestyle and her actions which led him to believe that she was then or wished again to become a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 25 | I did not venture to express my opinion , fearing that my taste might have become corrupted by my long residence in the Indies ; but since my companion had recently come from France , it was quite a relief to hear him say that he had seen nothing in Europe quite so bold and majestic . ’ |
| 26 | It was the first time I had seen her in a pale colour — a light grey dress which made her seem shadowy . |
| 27 | Her limbs were graceful , her whole body proportioned like that of a young goddess ; as for her breasts , an infatuated young man who had seen her in a small part at Robert 's Shield Theatre wrote her a letter quoting the Song of Solomon at length : Asshe threatened to horsewhip him . |
| 28 | Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while . |
| 29 | Jacob , looking at her , thought she seemed happier than he had seen her in years . |
| 30 | ( Looking at her , I was often reminded of the famous Lina Cavalieri as I had seen her in photographs . |