Example sentences of "i had see [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man . |
| 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 | ‘ Nicola was happier than I had seen her for months , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I had seen her before somewhere . |
| 6 | It was the first time I had seen her in a pale colour — a light grey dress which made her seem shadowy . |
| 7 | ( Looking at her , I was often reminded of the famous Lina Cavalieri as I had seen her in photographs . |
| 8 | Believe me , if I had seen her in any other place , I would have dismissed her as a witch from a mummer 's play . |
| 9 | This was the first time I had seen him since the landings . |
| 10 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 11 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 12 | She had been as insignificant in appearance as all the other girls I had seen him with : as insignificant as I was myself . |
| 13 | I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him . |
| 14 | There was Barrymore , with the light in his hand , looking out across the moor , exactly as I had seen him on the night before . |
| 15 | I had never met the head of governors , Dr Arnold Barton , though I had seen him at several functions , a thin , tall , stern-faced , lantern-jawed streak of a man who rarely seemed to smile . |
| 16 | I had always admired him , ever since as a small boy I had seen him in his State robes in India . |
| 17 | That long white robe I had seen him in that night was a sort of hospital gown . |
| 18 | Was I sure I had seen it at all ? |
| 19 | I had seen it on someone 's face recently . |
| 20 | But I was sure I had seen it after that , slinking , a shadow cat in the tree shadows , black as Egypt 's night . |
| 21 | I did n't know exactly where Leicester Square was , but 1 did know it was n't far from Piccadilly , I had seen it in one of those tourist maps I had in my hand a short while ago , did n't know where it went , probably left it in the cinema showing the explicit sex film which was n't . |
| 22 | I thought I had seen it in a Met report , some time back . |
| 23 | And then , suddenly , I had to see him as a MAN — my husband ! |