Example sentences of "[conj] see [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Male behaviour is so normative that we ordinarily think of celibacy as meaning that men are to leave women alone , rather than seeing it as a positive step women take to make a non sexually-active community together . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're looking for people with enthusiasm that see it as an exciting career and really want to do the job , ’ enthuses Mr Queen . |
| 3 | Because to see someone is to see them as a human being and to see them as a human being is to acknowledge them as such . |
| 4 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 5 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 6 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 7 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 8 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 9 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 10 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 11 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 12 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 13 | Now that we have looked at Wharram Percy deserted village and seen something of the 30-year long excavations there , we should look at other studies and excavations on village sites which seem to suggest the same developments implied at Wharram Percy . |
| 14 | ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’ |
| 15 | I 'll come and see you in the mental hospital if you promise not to cause a scene . |
| 16 | But Branson , 42 , does not want the simulators sitting idle and sees them as a new money-spinner . |
| 17 | Again , he tackles , in The Conquest of Happiness , the roots of human unhappiness , and sees them in an excessive introversion , in an excessive concern with the mechanisms of one 's own mind , and proposes various ways in which people can seek to extract themselves from this introverted obsession with their own mechanisms . |
| 18 | The Initiative wants OSF to contribute to the Unix specification for ACE , and sees itself as a possible vehicle for knitting the discordant elements of the establishment together . |
| 19 | The convenors of the conference were drawn from two ideological camps in South Africa 's extra-parliamentary opposition : the Mass Democratic Movement ( MDM ) , which is ideologically aligned to the outlawed African National Congress , and the BCM , which was founded by Steve Biko and sees itself as a third force between the ANC and the banned Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) . |
| 20 | Many did so think , and fear ; and saw nothing in the religious experience — or that to which it pointed — of the last decade and a half to cause them to think otherwise . |
| 21 | Schoenberg was a great admirer of Brahm 's music , and saw himself as a natural successor to the German romantic school . |
| 22 | ‘ He heard there was someone senior in the neighbourhood and saw it as a golden opportunity to pass on the responsibility . ’ |
| 23 | Go and see her in a few days . |
| 24 | When you spread work like this over a very long period you are able to look into yourself , and see yourself in a great work of art . |
| 25 | Napoleon marched through it on his way to Moscow , but today the road is used by those who wish to avoid the pressures of autobahn driving and see something of the pleasant , rolling countryside of Westphalia . |
| 26 | In spite of all this , or perhaps because of it , we made an early enough start to reach Aurillac in plenty of time to buy our picnic lunch and see something of the old town . |
| 27 | In passing through Inverness , do not grudge to halt a night to visit the islands : if the night is moonlit , revisit the scene , and see it under the mellow beams . |
| 28 | Most of the major software houses have offered competitive upgrades at one time or another , and see it as a good way to gain a bigger market share . |
| 29 | Can we place the marginalisation of girls in mathematics within a broader canvas and see it as a particular case of deeply-rooted social forces which affect many other groups in society ? |
| 30 | WordPerfect have found the multi-tasking capabilities of OS/2 valuable and see it as an important platform for future development . |