Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] see the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 2 | It was that that made me see the other side of him . |
| 3 | Then my father swung me up out of the sledge high above his head and down again , trying to distract me , to make light of what had happened and make me see the funny side of it . |
| 4 | Has nobody seen the alarming reports on the state of the ozone layer , or the water shortage in Southern England ? |
| 5 | Has she seen the great efforts being made this year to obtain private inward investment into southern Africa in the form of conferences and other initiatives ? |
| 6 | Has he seen the excellent Glasgow Evening Times article of 20 November which highlights that serious problem in Scotland ? |
| 7 | When Hazlitt and Coleridge visited Alfoxden the following day , Wordsworth was away from home ; but Dorothy provided them with a ‘ frugal repast ’ and let them see the now-abundant manuscripts intended for the Lyrical Ballads . |
| 8 | As you walk you see the luscious vegetables that figure strongly in Gozitan meals : try soppa ta' l-armla ( widow 's soup , with vegetables , egg and cheese ) . |
| 9 | ‘ The tavern wench says she saw the young man and woman who were later found murdered in the forest . |
| 10 | But that did not prevent him seeing the possible significance of what she had told him . |
| 11 | Never leaving us to feel that he has short-changed us , each observation complete in itself , as if it has been roundly considered before utterance , he manages to accommodate the following items of interest in that eighteen hundred words : a comparison between Hebridean manners of burial and Roman funeral rites ; the weather ( repeatedly ) ; the literacy of the Hebrideans ; how travellers are accommodated , there being no hotel system ; diet — wild-fowl , fish , venison , beef , mutton , goat , poultry , bread ; whisky for breakfast ( the morning dram , known as a ‘ skalk ’ ) ; the availability of tea , coffee , marmalade and other preserves , honey and cheese ; trading practices — wine from the French in exchange for wool ; culinary variety , short on vegetables other than potatoes , not good on custards ; napery , crockery and cutlery ; the abating fervour of the clans in the wake of Culloden ; and he believed he saw the slow rise of prosperity under the ‘ unpleasing consequences of subjection , . |
| 12 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 13 | We may think we see the dead person walking down the street , or hear them calling our name . |
| 14 | If you are not prepared to let me see the original letter then this pretence of cooperation becomes a farce and I see no point in continuing it . ’ |
| 15 | What annoys me is that I know I saw the damn thing not too long ago ! |
| 16 | These will enable you to see the real changes that have taken place . |
| 17 | I suppose you saw the old man about it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Because you have come so far , Hugh , tomorrow I will take you to see the Painted Men , the little people , the fairies , goblins , Picts , or whatever you wish to call them . ’ |
| 19 | This , we hoped , would permit us to see the various stages of the project in operation from the time when a school began to plan its proposal to the time when the materials purchased with project funds were already in use . |
| 20 | His years as a sculptor had taught him to see the human figure in solid , three-dimensional form , and his people now have necks like columns , oval or elongated faces and noses sharply drawn , as if cut into the planes of the face . |
| 21 | This made him see the great urgency of persuading ‘ such ignorant , presumptuous and careless sinners as the world aboundeth with ’ to repent and believe in Christ . |
| 22 | Whatever I use , whether it is a crystal ball , a pack of cards , or an article belonging to somebody , it is simply a stageprop ; something that gives me the right vibrations and helps me to see the right pictures . ’ |
| 23 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 24 | Like 1-2-3 and SuperCalc , Quattro Pro lets you see the different sheets on-screen at the same time , but you can have as many windows as you like — tiled , tiered , or whatever ! |
| 25 | We took her to see the Three Howes , prehistoric mounds on the summit of the moors . |
| 26 | Where Johnson utters statesmanly reflections , Boswell lets us see the small events — ‘ we dismounted ’ — and then captures the detail of their arrival , their welcome by Lady Macleod ( the laird 's mother , not his wife ) . |
| 27 | Such evidence only helps us to see the long-term trend over two or three centuries . |
| 28 | You know he obviously sees rich peasants as you know a more er unattractive class of peasant , I mean he sees the poor peasants as the real er vanguard of the revolution , the people who have done all the work and erm sacrificed er security at an early stage |
| 29 | Did you see the Central News before ? |
| 30 | are you able to help this jury with this simple matter , to your knowledge , on this development , on a hundred and thirty eight or so apartments did you see the second addition of this brochure and the third ? , did you personally ever see it ? |