Example sentences of "[adj] see [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sections of the retail trade itself are also likely to welcome a slow down in what some see as a development free-for-all which could damage the balance of retail provision and lead to an over-supply of retail space in the near future . |
| 2 | Such a crack is far too small to see under the optical microscope and might be hard to see with an electron microscope . |
| 3 | After a couple of days of complete rest you can do all the things that you have been meaning to do for ages — jobs around the house ; shopping for clothes ; meeting friends for lunch ; having day trips out to places of interest ; doing the garden ; sunbathing ; fruit-picking at the local pick-your-own farm and filling up your freezer ; writing a book you have always meant to write or painting ; seeing all the shows that you are too tired to see during a working week ; and so on . |
| 4 | Police say the raider 's van and the antique dealer 's car were both seen at a service station near Manchester last night , so the crime could have been planned . |
| 5 | They were last seen by a taxi driver who dropped them at the railway station more than 24 hours earlier . |