Example sentences of "he [vb past] seen " in BNC.
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| 31 | What he 'd seen done to Grant made Forster realise that whatever it was struck with demonic speed and savagery . |
| 32 | But in the last surge of light he 'd seen beyond the reflection of the glass vizor — at the horror within . |
| 33 | Things he 'd seen on ships and in Jamaica . |
| 34 | Lifted and dropped his shoulders a few times , he 'd seen people do it when they tried on clothes in stores . |
| 35 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 36 | The last time he 'd seen her she 'd been drunk , they 'd had a fight , he 'd left her sprawling on the carpet . |
| 37 | He 'd looked round and it had seemed like just about the first place he 'd seen , and some part of him deep down had said : It 's got to be somewhere , why not here ? |
| 38 | He 'd seen a hundred funerals . |
| 39 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 40 | He had a microphone in his hand and his eyes were set way back in his head , as if he 'd seen the Lord once too often . |
| 41 | In this , he was only doing what he 'd seen Jesus do . |
| 42 | The boy had been impressed , and he 'd seen plenty . |
| 43 | He 'd seen me read . |
| 44 | Brigadier Canford , who was indeed a lover of pretty girls , looked at Perdita 's impassive , dead-pan face , and had a strange feeling he 'd seen her before somewhere . |
| 45 | He 'd seen me working only once . |
| 46 | Then I saw a light aircraft orbiting overhead and started waving to it , but he disappeared and I did n't know if he 'd seen me . |
| 47 | He leapt up and ran to the window , telling his friends what he 'd seen . |
| 48 | ‘ He said he 'd seen the film once an' did n't want to see it agen . ’ |
| 49 | He 'd seen women in his boyhood with shawls over their heads and bare feet , with the same air of ancient breeding . |
| 50 | He 'd seen women give birth on their cabin floors and get up and cook their man a meal when he came in … |
| 51 | ‘ And Doyle never referred to the fact that he 'd seen the Asian girl near to Charlie 's ? ’ |
| 52 | He 'd seen the change that had come over Chantal since the news that Philippe was still alive . |
| 53 | He 'd seen patients in calipers but did n't know how to do it himself . |
| 54 | I did n't think he 'd seen the lad on the floor . |
| 55 | ‘ He told me he 'd seen a UFO himself in 1967 … ’ |
| 56 | Moore 's start in athletics came relatively late when he was 14 : ‘ One of the PE teachers at school had a son at Birchfield and , after he 'd seen me jumping well at school , he said , ‘ Why do n't you come down ? ’ |
| 57 | On his first excursion he 'd seen a Mercedes parked outside so he 'd turned back , returned to his hotel room further down The Street . |
| 58 | He could n't wait to get back to the station and brag about how he 'd seen him . |
| 59 | It had been eleven months since he 'd seen or spoken to Chester , but he was greeted as effusively as ever , and ushered in . |
| 60 | He 'd seen the walls of reason built against it , brick by brick . |