Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't I know that fella ? ’ said Dad , who because of his memory loss thought he 'd already seen every film or play he watched , had read every book he attempted , and knew every story he heard . |
| 2 | He 'd probably seen enough anyway . |
| 3 | and in it was the word appreciation , now , he 'd probably seen the word before , but he did n't know the word |
| 4 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 5 | The shock of what he 'd just seen must have still been on his face because he just shrugged and ran . |
| 6 | We finally departed from the house as the pillager 's husband was scrabbling through the kitchen drawers in search of a rubber band he knew he 'd once seen in there somewhere … |
| 7 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
| 8 | ‘ Although , when I was going he did give me a sort of squeeze and said I 'd got the loveliest mouth he 'd ever seen . ’ |
| 9 | Sergeant Newton Barrios had investigated more than seven hundred traffic fatalities in the city of New Orleans , but this was the worst he 'd ever seen on the St Claude Avenue Bridge . |
| 10 | ‘ The man who drilled for the test said it was among the hardest block he 'd ever seen . |
| 11 | I do n't think he 'd ever seen a woman shop that fast ! ’ |
| 12 | It was the shortest rainstorm he 'd ever seen . |
| 13 | Gurder looked more unhappy than he 'd ever seen him . |
| 14 | From stories handed down , it seems that the Frenchman saw Marama , insisted on painting her straight away , and then said she was the most beautiful woman he 'd ever seen and begged her to come and live with him . |
| 15 | I would n't have been the first guy he 'd ever seen at that hour . |
| 16 | Physical contact of a different nature was employed by another member of staff when during a break period he enquired disarmingly of a pupil whether he 'd ever seen an ‘ Irish whip ’ . |
| 17 | As he walked behind the lawnmower he did n't care for , he remembered the first time he 'd ever seen her . |
| 18 | It was so far outside anything he 'd ever seen before that his mind was n't letting him worry about it . |
| 19 | Vet , Bill Stuart says it was one of the worse cases of starvation he 'd ever seen . |
| 20 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 21 | He 'd speedily seen I was n't the typical Danuese . |
| 22 | H. P. If your face did n't fit , they could get rid of you within twelve months.There was this bobby , a big chap over six feet , very dour , from the Hebrides — he 'd only seen sheep . |
| 23 | Stories he covered during his long association with the Independent included the historic meeting between Terence O'Neill and Sean Lemass , the suspension of Stormont — he 'd now seen it both open and close — the Sunningdale talks ( ‘ the Press corps played a lot of poker ’ ) and many more turning points in history . |
| 24 | He smiled and said ‘ Thank you ’ as if he 'd never seen me before , as did I. I went back to my seat and faced the front again . |
| 25 | He 'd never seen anyone in Jubilee Wood in all the months he 'd been coming up here . |
| 26 | The birds were n't anything he knew and he 'd never seen toadstools like that with spots on . |
| 27 | He looked along this end of Mrs Wright 's house that he 'd never seen before . |
| 28 | He 'd never seen her up here before . |
| 29 | He 'd never seen himself as old . |
| 30 | She 'd never seen anyone so transfixed , but then he 'd never seen a naked woman before . |