Example sentences of "[adj] see [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that ‘ She ’ appears to those privileged to see her as a veiled figure and that her lustrous orbs , dazzling limbs and perfect ankles are revealed with tantalising slowness , has a rather different effect on today 's readers than it no doubt had when the book was first published , very nearly a century ago , in 1887 , to be greeted with a storm of ecstasy or alternatively of appalled disapproval , which lasted for many decades . |
| 2 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 3 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 4 | Scotland does not have national parks at the moment , and many see them as a nasty English invention . |
| 5 | In so doing , it may also win new respect in other areas of physics , where many see it as a fascinating but over-costly irrelevance . |
| 6 | Trouble is , I 'm not going to be able to see you as a jolly , good-natured tomboy any longer , ’ he said huskily . |
| 7 | I first saw him in a supporting role at the Croydon Rep in 1936 , where another young actor , seven years his junior , by the name of William Devlin , who dared to tackle King Lear at about the same time . |
| 8 | There was a good deal of shrubbery trailed up the sides and it would have been difficult to see us by a casual glance along the terrace . |
| 9 | In this sense , it is best to see them as a modern phenomenon and as part of a Bowing movement to find significance and variety in the landscape . |
| 10 | Leslie had an aunt in Durban , but by great misfortune disembarkation was on this occasion not allowed , and he did not meet the relative who had last seen him as a little boy in Scotland . |
| 11 | ‘ A year ago , he was driving a new BMW 5-series car , but I last saw him in an E-registered Ford Fiesta . ’ |