Example sentences of "to see [pron] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 2 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 3 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |
| 4 | These are broad descriptions of how the company wishes to see itself developing over the planning period . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to see something happening in the game , something that helps the players and the spectators to enjoy it — but how can it happen when players are congested in seven-and-a-half yards either side of the halfway line ? ’ |
| 6 | something that it , either it is successful in itself and it no , no longer needs to be subsidized or something that they want to see go to the wall , if they want to see something going to the wall , it |
| 7 | Endill ran to the door expecting to see him crashing into the sea but when he looked down , saw him clinging to a wooden beam sticking out of the rock . |
| 8 | To see him passing by the window in his bucket hat holding a slice of bread and butter in his hand like the Mad Hatter , then hitting his forehead with his palm and rushing back in again . |
| 9 | Could we bear to see him weeping across the border there in West Yorkshire ? |
| 10 | He did n't want anyone to see him walking through the theatre . |
| 11 | He wished it were Perdita at the end of the rope , he 'd like to see her crashing to the ground over and over again . |
| 12 | He felt the glass being tweaked from his fingers and opened his eyes to see her disappearing into the kitchen . |
| 13 | ‘ I know it 's a medium to long-term investment but it is good to see it growing in the meantime , ’ she says . |
| 14 | I mean he for him to see it walking along the road if there was anything . |
| 15 | From my stool , I 'd be able to see anyone coming into the diner . |