Example sentences of "seen a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he had examined the plans with Sir Joseph Paxton , the other member for Coventry , and ‘ had never in his life seen a building which appeared so confused in its internal arrangements ’ . |
| 2 | The last evidence of the day came from a man called Povey , a coalman , who said that between 5.05 and 5.25 , he had seen a man who he identified as Drew , drunk as a sack in Broad Street ( adjacent to Cross Street ) . |
| 3 | ‘ They have seen a phenomenon they believe to be smoke , and with nothing but their personal opinion to guide them , they have promptly pronounced its origins as fire . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ This copper said 'e used ter be on the Tunnel beat an' 'e 'd seen a bloke who looked like me knockin' around wiv 'em . |
| 5 | Mr Rowe has seen a badger which died of TB . |
| 6 | However , while I was in hospital , I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia in the bed opposite me . |
| 7 | Referring to his upbringing in the Protestant Shankill area , another said , ‘ I remember when I was a kid , if you seen a policeman you 'd run , nowadays kids are more likely to tell you to fuck off ’ ( FN 23/10/87 , p. 18 ) . |
| 8 | Officers interviewed a lorry driver in Doncaster after he reported having seen a girl who resembled Moira with two other lorry drivers the day after she disappeared . |
| 9 | I have rarely , if ever , seen a teacher whose flabber was so gasted . |
| 10 | ‘ He told me he 'd seen a UFO himself in 1967 … ’ |
| 11 | The related thorny question of abortion was another topic , and Mr. Jenks was cheered when , referring to his work in hospitals , he said : ‘ I have never seen a woman who wanted an abortion , but plenty who felt they had no alternative ’ , citing education to stop unwanted pregnancies as the real solution . |
| 12 | I do n't think I 've ever seen a dormouse I must be honest |
| 13 | If he wept because he saw another world beyond sensible things , that , after all , is called ‘ Water of the Eyes ’ , then he has seen a thing which is a congener and perfecter of prayer , that is the object of prayer and his prayer is in order and even more perfect . |
| 14 | As we have seen an algorithm which prunes at point B ( Fig. 9. 2 ) can produce very similar behaviour to one which orders at these points . |