Example sentences of "[prep] seeing [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideal base for seeing North Wales . |
| 2 | Mrs Major could be forgiven for seeing Maastricht mud deposited across the carpets . |
| 3 | These are good for seeing peoples views . |
| 4 | I have thought about being a doctor , after seeing Dr Neil — he did n't start to study until he was about my age ; but he 's a man … ’ |
| 5 | began power kiting several years ago after seeing BBC TV 's Tomorrow 's World programme . |
| 6 | After seeing Chris Armstrong 's first half goal cancelled out by a late Gary Bannister equaliser , Coppell admitted his team missed the creative ability of England forward John Salako , whose rebuilt knee had become ‘ scrunchy ’ . |
| 7 | After seeing Mr Stephens disappear around the corner , she examined the small room minutely , the books on the shelf — reading out all their titles aloud — the three prints on the wall , " The Education of the Young Raleigh " , " Derwentwater at Dawn " and " The Drunkard 's Children " — drew her boots appreciatively over the mat , picked up the jug of pencils and finally came to the oven which was next to the sink . |
| 8 | Trying to smooth the festering controversy over Palestinians deported to Lebanon , the foreign minister , Shimon Peres , said after seeing Mr Christopher that last December 's expulsions were ‘ an exception ’ . |
| 9 | Too late she saw that — about a fraction of a second after seeing Luke Denner naked , except for the briefest of underpants , standing in front of a wardrobe , pulling a pair of jeans from a hanger . |
| 10 | She remembered that fated evening when she had come back from Wimbledon after seeing Hindley Foster . |
| 11 | After seeing Mr. Docherty I wrote to the manager of the local unemployment benefit office for her comments on the circumstances leading to the suspension of his benefit . |
| 12 | SWEDISH ace Kennet Andersson 's ears were ringing after seeing Kevin Keegan 's team run West Ham ragged in front of 29,855 fans — the biggest crowd of the day . |
| 13 | ( Columbia Tristar , 15 , rental only ) Stanley & Iris Once one has got over the novelty of seeing Jane Fonda and Robert de Niro don blue collars to play working-class lost souls , Martin Ritt 's adaptation of the novel Union Street ( set on Teeside ) is fairly absorbing . |
| 14 | Sir Walter Scott , however , had no such constraints upon him fifty years later , and he had the added advantage of seeing Lady Grange 's journal . |
| 15 | ‘ I came specially in the hope of seeing Doctor Volkov . ’ |
| 16 | Suzie loved window-shopping , so was n't there a possibility that she might be here , that her quest could end in the next hour or so and she would be spared the ordeal of seeing Rune Christensen again ? |
| 17 | And let's face it brothers , sisters , some of our members have more chance of seeing Lord Lucan riding as they have of finding a job . |
| 18 | Apart from the delight of seeing Anita Lonsborough carrying off a gold in the individual medley , he was also honoured by being chosen to manage the combined European team in the festival that followed the Games . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most moving episode is the author 's recollection of seeing Ion Caramitru 's ‘ Hamlet ’ in Ceausescu 's Bucharest : ‘ Line after line [ of Hamlet 's ] was greeted with the applause of recognition , ’ says Mr Eyre . |
| 20 | It seemed such an ineffectual reason for insisting on going with him but Steve was so wrapped up in himself and thoughts of seeing Maria Luisa again that he did n't even ask her if it might be painful for her facing Fernando again . |
| 21 | It was the shock of seeing Mrs Browning to whom she went , a little reluctantly , on June 6th , a little after midday . |
| 22 | But even were Mr Li to harbour such intentions , he would run the risk of seeing Mr Zhu come out shining . |
| 23 | She had the satisfaction of seeing Mr Clarke 's face redden with embarrassment . |
| 24 | The quiet-spoken Esson has paid the price of seeing Defender slip from being third at one stage of the first leg to ninth in Punta , leaving Watkins to attack a two days , 17 hours , 37 minutes and 25 seconds deficit to make up on the leader , the New Zealand ketch Steinlager , and a 30 hours , 54 minutes , 52 seconds on the other top British challenger , Rothmans . |
| 25 | He was born in 1898 and one of his earliest and most vivid memories was of seeing Sir Henry Irving in The Bells , an event which sparked off a life-long passion for the theatre . |
| 26 | It was cowardly , she knew , but the thought of seeing Didi Lombard again was n't one she relished . |
| 27 | Occasionally agency interviewers may adopt a jaded and cynical approach , the result of seeing people day after day and forgetting that each one is an individual who should be assessed individually . |
| 28 | Of these , half had already been working alone the lines advocated , and although some of them enjoyed the reassurance of seeing classroom practice like their own being commended to others , several expressed the view that such an experience did not merit time away from their classes . |
| 29 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 30 | She still had n't got over the shock of seeing David Markham again ; it must be … she did a rapid calculation in her head … all of five years since he 'd walked out of their lives . |