Example sentences of "[pers pn] see [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The portable screens are designed to fit round the witness box when needed to block the child 's view of the defendant but allow them to see magistrates and lawyers in the case . |
| 2 | " When I was dealing with the men personally I generally got them to see matters from my point of view , but unfortunately I could not stay in any one port for any length of time ; my subordinates did not have the same control over men as I did " . |
| 3 | The excitement , suspense , and danger which seems the lot of the police on celluloid feeds into the definitions many of Easton 's section police give to their work experience , and the supposed similarity of this experience leads them to see police films and television programmes as an accurate portrayal , to be watched avidly because of this shared world . |
| 4 | IT really annoyed me to see leaders of the public service unions on TV going on about how a pay freeze would be unacceptable to their members . |
| 5 | It seems strange to me to see cattle out in a field in mid-winter . |
| 6 | I thinks the manufacturing experience I had was very important , because it enabled me to see things from the manufacturer 's point of view , which many retailers have n't done . |
| 7 | Instead it switched a light on inside my head that enabled me to see things , which at the time , were away beyond my full understanding . |
| 8 | It was Peter who forced me to see things in a different light . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I worked from home and took Elliot with me to see clients . |
| 10 | ‘ Am I seeing things ? ’ he hissed . |
| 11 | The author has asked us to point out that it is a desire of his to see opinions of restorations expressed by speakers at conferences thrown open to the floor for immediate debate this is not the prevailing state of affairs . |
| 12 | I seen curtains open when I got up . |
| 13 | On many occasions I seen students surprised by the unpredictability of these bits , and are unwilling to use them again . |
| 14 | Never before have I seen puffins that are so red , so yellow , so black . |
| 15 | Never before have I seen lice by the bushel . |
| 16 | ‘ And do I see greens there ? |
| 17 | ‘ And do I see yams on that stall ? |
| 18 | Will I see pictures in my mind ? |
| 19 | ‘ The last time I saw Barbs , ’ said Pam acidly , ‘ she was massaging Danny to relieve his tension . ’ |
| 20 | Captain Smollett lay in front of a big fire , and in a corner I saw coins and gold bars . |
| 21 | I saw armies of beautiful women all heading in that direction . ’ |
| 22 | It is unfortunate that the verse saga ascribed to Llywarch Hen , which celebrates Cynddylan 's defence of the River Tern in Shropshire on the Powys border and laments the destruction of his residence at Pengwern , situated perhaps on the Wrekin or at nearby Wrockwardine , is essentially unhistorical , but the statement , ‘ I saw armies on the ground of the field of Cogwy [ Maes Cogwy ] and the battle full of affliction : Cynddylan was an ally ’ , may possess value as an independent fragment . |
| 23 | ‘ I saw problems coming for the breed and in 1984 I started a training club for Dobermanns and , more specifically , for their owners , ’ Graham said . |
| 24 | I saw crates piled high , and some furniture with dust-covers on . |
| 25 | fire , I saw loads of people running down |
| 26 | Mm , I thought they were on the way here , I saw loads of for sale signs but I did n't see any new ones |
| 27 | I saw posters that said ‘ free elections . ’ |
| 28 | There was a scraping , rattling sound and when I looked down I saw bones . |
| 29 | I saw movements from from er the far side of the room , erm which with , due to the light , erm I could distinguish as being human beings but er not immediately what sex they were but I could see enough to say that they were persons . |
| 30 | As we as I approached them , I saw flames coming from the the curtains . |