Example sentences of "[pron] see the [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way .
2 Nearly two years ago , I saw the type of package that really interested me BUT , of course , it was not for my computer .
3 I saw the video in court and I have played it again er since this case was adjourned in November .
4 I took the milk , and I poured it on the floor where the slate is hollowed , because once I saw the lake in moonlight and it was white .
5 ( I saw the performance on video .
6 Later I saw the degree of animation which videos like this can stimulate among activists .
7 John of the Cross , the Spanish mystic , wrote ‘ I looked at the Cross and there I saw the song of love ’ .
8 Can you imagine my disappointment when I saw the sort of riff-raff that had also been invited — a distinctly dubious businessman , a scruffy rabbi who I think makes his living as a stand-up comic , a second-rate academic ?
9 I had heard my mother 's friends sometimes whispering ruefully of The Change , but I saw the loss of innocence as the greatest and the worst change .
10 I saw the world through glass .
11 I came out of the house and then I saw the roof on fire .
12 I believe there are several thousand States in Ireland now and I see the sense of locality that has always dominated here as basically a time-serving National identity .
13 I see the need for love hovering ,
14 I see the face of suffering .
15 Y. Radday has used Hebrew stylometry to address the problem of the unity of Isaiah and to argue against the standard critical theory which sees the book of Genesis as woven from three disparate strands of tradition .
16 I think a more fruitful model is one which sees the role of expectancy as providing narrowed fields of options rather than firm hypotheses .
17 For Venturi , an important development in art criticism came in the eighteenth century which saw the foundation of aesthetics and the rise of philosophies for which art was an indispensable ingredient .
18 This period , which saw the triumph of bronze , is also the first which interested Roman collectors .
19 This is most apparent in the Marxist theories , which see the state as part of the arena in which class conflicts takes place , different interests reflecting different positions in the process of production .
20 Whatever one thinks about this , it is certainly important that teachers and media producers should understand the various movements which have swept the library profession over recent decades and which see the librarian as educator rather than curator .
21 This lack of exposure in itself must have the effect of limiting motivation : staff nurses are rarely found battering at the tutors ' doors for advice on how to develop their teaching skills , and some way of motivating them and making them see the importance of teaching must be found .
22 I decided to come this way because I wanted you to see the courtyard by moonlight . ’
23 If we could get a you know , if we could open that up cos we got one of tho th , have you seen the fire in action ?
24 Did you , did you see the girl in front of us .
25 Did n't you see the load of crap he got ?
26 Do you see the importance of planning ? millions of things you 've got to stick down with , think about , think about your objectives , get that see who it , get that poster up , really think what you wan na be in five years ' time , three years ' time , all the rest of it , seriously think about it .
27 Sidgwick even floats the idea that the person who sees the truth of utilitarianism might , as a utilitarian , think it best to keep some aspects of his doctrine secret .
28 Love has already come out firmly as a feminist who believes that a certain female viewpoint needs to be given space , but even she sees the dichotomy between feminism and her ‘ battered slut in baby dolls ’ image .
29 Her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot as she saw the pram with baby Donald in it disappear over the bank — too far away for her to stop it .
30 She saw the spasm of anger that crossed Mrs Maybury 's flushed features .
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