Example sentences of "seen before [coord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody wants a florid letter from someone they have never seen before but as an actor your style and personality must come through sufficiently — a bare list of parts played wo n't convey much . |
| 2 | Moreover , transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations , which are a prerequisite for reflux to occur in the presence of a normal resting pressure of the sphincter , were never seen before or during the non-deglutitive motor activity . |
| 3 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 4 | They were unlike anything ever seen before and for a while even the term ‘ Dalek Operator ’ , credited at the end of each episode , substantiated the myth that they were actually radio-controlled robots . |
| 5 | Owing to the spontaneous resolution seen before and after operation all children with glue ear should be examined with pneumatic otoscopy and tympanometry on at least two occasions over three months before the decision to operate is made . |
| 6 | Sam thought for a second he could smell damp straw — ’ … and carried many miles to a place they have never seen before and from which they can never return . |
| 7 | Genetic engineering , matily called ‘ geemag ’ by those in the know , was , said two articles , ready for exploitation , not least in producing crop plants never seen before and in correcting genetic diseases in man . |