Example sentences of "[pron] be see " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have moved away from such remedies as being too brutal for a humane society and nowadays those who advocate them are seen as blimpish relics of an imperialist , authoritarian society which favoured cold baths and weals on the buttocks as character forming . |
| 2 | When the remainder of the known fortified sites are plotted on a map ( fig. 7.1 ) most of them are seen to be distributed along three routes : |
| 3 | Then whom or what have I been seeing , Mrs Ridley ? |
| 4 | But will I been seen as a museum piece by some ? |
| 5 | ‘ Methinks I am to be your chaperon — which means , I suppose , that I am to see that you conduct yourself properly and are accompanied suitably whenever you leave these apartments . |
| 6 | I just wish now to say I declare the Exhibition open and to say how pleased I am to see so many old friends here today . |
| 7 | ‘ But , oh , Tilly … you do n't know how glad I am to see you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And how anxious I am to see her again ? ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't tell you how pleased I am to see you ! |
| 10 | ‘ I was just thinking how glad I am to see you , ’ she said candidly . |
| 11 | In some ways I am seen as beyond the pale , but it is the newer MPs who I feel most sorry for . |
| 12 | I am seen to have an open attitude to women but all kinds of power relations often preclude women coming to me . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've made sure that I am seen talking to you at the time of this man 's arrest in a public place . |
| 14 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
| 15 | Perhaps I am seeing difficulties where none need exist but it 's worth keeping an eye on . |
| 16 | The core I am seeing : |
| 17 | LIKE many pensioners I am seeing my savings dwindle with falling interest rates . |
| 18 | — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition . |
| 19 | What is most important , however , is that this information has become a conscious part of my understanding about that which I am seeing . |
| 20 | As in Belcourt I think to myself : I am seeing what he saw , the same light , the sky , but it fails to work as it should ; it changes nothing , neither enhances nor diminishes my experience of the place . |
| 21 | And Petrarch lived quite near here in Avignon , and I am seeing the same cypresses and oleanders … |
| 22 | but I am seeing each of these grave girls |
| 23 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 24 | I ca n't believe what I am seeing . |
| 25 | And I am seeing him again on Sunday . |
| 26 | No problem Mr Prospect , I 'm glad you feel that way however I am seeing you in a fortnight 's time , have a chat with him between then and now and when I see you next week I 'll ta or whenever the time 'll be , I 'll take his telephone number from you then . |
| 27 | ‘ You know my nightmare — that I am seeing a dead boy ( whom I never recognize ) on the ground at my feet . |
| 28 | I am seeing the surgeon on Monday , and shall ask him what magic he employed . |
| 29 | Yes I am seeing Jessie tonight Ollie yo , I do n't know why you want to know that . |
| 30 | ‘ Will I be seeing you tonight ? |