Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] see a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had let me see a draft of it , and I fancied that she had been a little timid about the dénouement , which was death in a motor accident , and feared that her own terrible anxiety over her son in the past might have inhibited her . |
| 2 | And as the water goes she sees a nail in the water and she looks up and she see Jesus going like that . |
| 3 | She closed her eyes for a second , and then opened them to see a glimpse of concern on Guy Sterne 's dark face . |
| 4 | In one year 's time I would be doing At each stage you move backwards through time and ask your unconscious mind to help you see a picture of yourself being highly successful on your way to completion of your objectives . |
| 5 | I know I see a lot of pigeons in my garden , but erm racing pigeons , erm it 's a very , very big industry . |
| 6 | If you are interested in finding out how the ES sets its targets and is monitored , ask your line manager to let you see a copy of the Annual Report and Accounts . |
| 7 | Turning to leave he saw a jiffy-bag of formidable bulk addressed to himself in Sixsmith 's tremulous hand . |
| 8 | Dougal watched Henry 's face : he could have sworn he saw a flash of disappointment there . |
| 9 | Instead of only seeing Angelica Kauffman 's history paintings as part of a neoclassical revival and a feature of 18th century history painting , might a psychoanalytical-cum-anthropological approach allow us to see a pattern of latent meanings , around themes of abandonment , grief , mourning or see her dramatisation of women 's complex relations to emotional and civic loyalties ? |
| 10 | The closeness of these links is obviously a matter of degree , since there will always be some connection between the various aspects of a theory ; but a concern with the general problem of holism will inevitably constrain us to see a theory in a particular perspective , and to focus sharply on certain characteristics at the expense of others . |
| 11 | And it was just But I do n't er I do n't seem as though er it was er sometimes I saw I saw a spot of blood , but it |
| 12 | Also , I must admit I saw a pair of green suede baby shoes in Gap and I all but swooned : size 0 , cute as Goldie Hawn 's left ear , very nearly her right . |
| 13 | Just for a moment I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes , but it was probably a trick of the light . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I saw a face in one of the windows — a queer , white face … |
| 15 | For just a second she thought she saw a flicker of admiration in his eyes , but it was gone in a flash , leaving her to wonder if she 'd simply imagined the look . |
| 16 | She thought she saw a hint of admiration in his eyes , but knew that she was utterly mistaken when , totally impersonally , he said , ‘ Shall we return to the drawing-room for coffee ? ’ |
| 17 | Just before each Geiger counter click we see a flash of light from the illuminated electron . |
| 18 | He could n't dismiss the images , he could n't stay Time 's hand as it turned page after page of that memory-album until tears flooded his eyes at the scenes recalled : his mother , her brown hair screwed into a bun at the back of her head , taking him to see a house at Edgeworthstown where she said a famous woman writer had lived ; he had n't paid much attention , not being interested in books then , but when he grew older he read Maria Edgeworth 's novels and went again for himself to gaze at her home . |
| 19 | Cos they said , one boy , a boy , a police officer the other times thought he saw a boy with a knife and he shot him . |
| 20 | For a moment he thought he saw a figure at the far end , waiting , but that was from the nightmare , too , just a trick of the light and the fog . |
| 21 | He went to the top of the steps and looked around , he could n't see anyone or anything untoward ; he looked out of the window and he thought he saw a figure on or around the track . |
| 22 | I think I saw a bit of one . |
| 23 | Tell me was I dreaming or did I see a sketch on T V where there 's a car driving round , down the road being chased by the police and the driver said to the passenger er here take this and he says what 's that for and he says it 's to steer the car , presses a button and the car splits |
| 24 | Did you , did you see a clip from Jean-Claude Van Damme 's film , Kick Boxer ? |
| 25 | Did you see a ray of sunshine or something like that ? ’ |
| 26 | The newspaper readership tables produced for the advertising industry ( Tables 6.2 and 6.3 , for example ) used rather generous definitions of ‘ read ’ , along the lines ‘ Did you see a copy of this paper yesterday ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Did you see a wolf on your walk ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Did you see a picture of this man ? ’ |
| 29 | Sh I think she sees a lot of women who have been social workers . |
| 30 | Johnnie : A , N , N ( ( intervening material ) ) Teacher : Okay , Isobel , do you see a name on that page you know ? |