Example sentences of "[be] see [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions . |
| 2 | All day I have been seeing pictures of him at his best ; jumbled up in no chronological sequence — Saturday evening tram rides and visits to the Hippodrome with late supper afterwards in Malvern days , earlier days of ‘ where do you want to go to ’ in the study … the ‘ Well , boys this is grand ’ at the beginning of the holiday … his little drop of whiskey : his fund of wheezes . |
| 3 | You 've been seeing men , men you do n't even know . |
| 4 | Perhaps I am seeing difficulties where none need exist but it 's worth keeping an eye on . |
| 5 | The Swedish diplomat 's wife had to visit American tourist places instead of English ones so I had her saying : ‘ We are going to ze Rockingfellow Centre and ve are seeing Saks on 5th Avenue . ’ |
| 6 | People are are seeing animals as objects of entertainment , objects of amusement , we should not be allowing circuses to present animals in this way to our society and particularly to children . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're seeing things . |
| 8 | Sadly we 're seeing things too often which have expertise but I think on this occasion we should support the community arts team and not delete the item from the budget . |
| 9 | Say a decade of the rosary next time you 're tempted to imagine you 're seeing visions and the Devil wo n't be able to harm you . |
| 10 | Even though we 're seeing overlaps in product lines , there are still market opportunities for each of these groups . ’ |
| 11 | The rest will do a nine-hour day — after which , I imagine , they will be seeing potatoes in their sleep and grabbing at phantom clods of earth for half the night . |
| 12 | How Rab sat , his weakened state : his first night out , and he thought to be seeing things . |
| 13 | At only 18 , Dundas will be seeing things through young and excited eyes and I wish him the best . |
| 14 | Thomas seemed to be seeing things through the wrong end of a telescope . |
| 15 | TELEVISION viewers in the south may soon be seeing advertisements for undertakers , as funeral directors gear up for an increasingly competitive and high-profile market . |
| 16 | He would be seeing shadows around every corner next . |
| 17 | So when I 'm seeing clients mainly at the end of a , of a three year , fixed-rate deposit , again at five years when we get a National Savings maturing , and so on and so forth . |
| 18 | In both Russia and Prussia , though much more in the former , can be seen struggles between competing ministers for royal favour and support . |
| 19 | A supermarket now occupies what was once a substantial spinning mill and green fields have replaced the massive four storey plate glass weaving shed that could be seen miles away with the BMK logo illuminated on top . |
| 20 | As though they were seeing actors on a stage , Seb and Melody watched as one of the two riders suddenly kneed his horse forward . |
| 21 | In the third division , Hereford United were seeing stars at Gillingham after letting in 2 early goals . |
| 22 | I thought I were seeing things , blood . |
| 23 | As nearly all the children had freckles , I felt as if I were seeing spots before my eyes , and drew Mickey Mice in a trance , my hand and pen moving mechanically through a misty ocean of freckles , wave upon wave , every freckle asking for Mickey Mouse . |
| 24 | Fleischmann and Pons by now believed that they were seeing neutrons , though they were puzzled by the numbers . |
| 25 | Tipperary were to see controversies eventually over the waste disposal habits of the mining companies , but these controversies arose after the mining was over and the companies had packed their bags and gone . |
| 26 | The Grail and Excalibur were seen centuries after Arthur 's death and the monks who reinterred his body here would scarcely bury such sacred relics . ’ |
| 27 | However , it is as naive to regard religious divisions as self-explanatory as it is to see nationalisms so . |
| 28 | The first step is to see things as others do . |
| 29 | Lili said suddenly , ‘ What I like best in the world is to see men dancing . ’ |
| 30 | However , a more realistic approach is to see trips as forming a chain , linking activities through the day . |