Example sentences of "[verb] see a [adj] [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this . |
| 2 | ‘ A group of businessmen who , like me , want to see a British team regain the trophy . |
| 3 | THIS election has seen a new phrase enter the common language : ‘ The fabled C2s ’ . |
| 4 | Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word . |
| 5 | LATE-NIGHT revellers who may have seen a vicious assault have ignored police appeals to come forward . |
| 6 | You 've seen a big crane have you ? |
| 7 | After Tomkins had served the second glass , Robins looked at me almost quizzically , and said , ‘ I 've seen a few doctors come and go in the islands , but you do n't seem to fit into the usual pattern . ’ |
| 8 | While Stok was talking I had seen a familiar figure enter the door . |
| 9 | I waded out , concentrating on casting towards the weeds , where I had seen a good fish rise , when a glint of white under the water caught my eye . |
| 10 | I have seen a disengaging contestant step forwards straight into the path of an incoming technique . |