Example sentences of "[adv] see [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 3 | In the situations where the actor does not desire the result , but merely sees it as a foreseeable outcome of his conduct , the House of Lords has said that there is merely evidence from which the tribunal of fact can infer that he intends . |
| 4 | To the distress of his family he rejected the Unitarian name in later life but not the ministerial title , though others , as he admits , ‘ only saw him as a Unitarian minister ’ . |
| 5 | One was strange , because it was about an old lady who meant nothing to me at all ; I hardly knew her and only saw her on the rare occasions when I went into her family shop two or three hundred yards from us . |
| 6 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 7 | ‘ But they obviously see it as an important matter of principle , so I ought not to stand in their way . ’ |
| 8 | True , I had the somewhat grisly T-shirt and track-suit bottoms which had gamely seen me through a two-hour run-through , but they were in a state and could probably have walked unaided to the BBC on their own . |
| 9 | I should think it probably would , but I do n't think that 's any reason for not starting it and for not seeing it as a major goal , because after all erm the travel market , as we 've heard , is extremely competitive erm people really do vote with their feet and if we do n't then people wo n't come here , and now we really have got a fight on our hands to encourage people to come here , particularly from North America . |
| 10 | We did not see him as the spineless vicar that Fielding turned him into in Shamela . |
| 11 | However desirable it is that they receive training , many do not see it as a practical proposition . |
| 12 | When Ramakrishna saw Kasi the Holy City , he did not see it as a physical city but as the dreams and hopes of holy pilgrims that had fallen on the city , stratum on stratum so that it became a city of holy ideas , a spiritual city . |
| 13 | It is a powerful alkaloidal poison , but the Zande do not see it as an ordinary poison but as an autonomous mystical power capable of issuing decisions which are taken very seriously indeed . |
| 14 | The golf fan , if he notices the caddie at all , probably just sees him as the anonymous person who carries the superstar 's bag and is , incidentally , a walking billboard for the sponsor . |
| 15 | I ca n't somehow see him in a red riding coat being winched aboard a dappled stallion . |
| 16 | Yeah I can just see them in the rear mirror . |
| 17 | Could just see it in a Trivial Pursuit question |
| 18 | But most just see it as a fun way of relieving stress . |
| 19 | Looking back on the bitter , dangerous adventure he undertook in her service , years later , Hi Ridden still sees her in a romantic light : |
| 20 | The world still sees me as a nasty kid |
| 21 | ‘ Could you ever see me as a full-time mother ? ’ |
| 22 | However after today 's result Morland staff say no-one will ever see them as an easy target . |
| 23 | Yes , I could see by the way she grumbled about Wilson that she loved him and , although he was over eighty at the time , still saw him in a romantic light . |
| 24 | Although her maximum grant is only £2,845 a year , the banks still see her as a good catch . |
| 25 | The young teacher who enjoys his work but also sees it as an attractive life style . |
| 26 | But I really also see us as a great link between our two countries . |
| 27 | Although at the local level we will be pursuing similar objectives , when it comes tot he wider national issues , it will be CPRW that speaks out for those who not only care about the Park , but also see it as a special part of a special country . |
| 28 | ( It is worth adding that multiculturalists are prone to another essentialism with regard to the state , often seeing it as a neutral and uncontradictory vehicle for educational and other reforms — see Troyna 's critique ( 1987b ) of the Swann Report . ) |
| 29 | Questions are raised but not answered and the next car commercial appears — but are you now seeing it through a different pair of glasses ? |
| 30 | We could n't often see them from the main road which passed in front of the building because they were forbidden to look out of the windows . |