Example sentences of "[adv] see a [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Economist sensibly saw an electricity tax as a way of resolving this problem , but , with the Conservative opposition ready to taunt the Government with unfairly raising prices , the prospects of a rational price policy were not good . |
| 2 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 3 | She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out . |
| 4 | These counties had not seen a Forest Eyre for more than thirty years . |
| 5 | ‘ And if you can not see a Merkut hand behind what has happened , so are you . ’ |
| 6 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |
| 7 | It 's all done up in steel pins and scaffolding to hold it up , and I once saw a computer thing in a museum showing how it shudders when the trains go over . |
| 8 | ‘ Watch him , watch him , ’ the Youngest Son would say , pulling me around to see a TV video of a lute player , or a religious song celebration with long lines of men chanting Islamic verses in a sort of mouth music with hand-clapping accompaniment . |
| 9 | Better than ‘ The National Front Disco ’ or whatever by Morrissey — he 's obviously never even seen a soccer ball in his life . |
| 10 | She did n't see a dickie bird to me , not a word . |
| 11 | Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play . |
| 12 | It was as warm as summer , the temperature an amazing 15.5° C. So warm that we had earlier seen a comma butterfly on the wing . |
| 13 | You sometimes see a woman executive in tears . |
| 14 | You may however see a chest drain on a general surgical ward . |
| 15 | MPs at Westminster are increasingly aware of the pervasive impact of Europe on their activities which barely see a week pass without some debate on EC directives . |
| 16 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 17 | ‘ Never seen a slave band like that afore . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have never seen a rain storm like it — it must have lasted more than 30 minutes . |
| 19 | I 've never seen a motor bike with a trailer |
| 20 | I had never seen a bank nurse before and assumed she came from the Natwest . |
| 21 | Amaranth , thank God , looked like the sort of woman who had never seen a vacuum cleaner in her life . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've never seen a woman fight like that , ’ he began again . |