Example sentences of "[pers pn] to see [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the radical students ' ideals at face-value one might have expected them to see this incident as yet another example of oppression by a fascist regime and protest against it — after all , they protested enough when it used such methods against its own people . |
| 2 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ To allow me to see that woman in the land . |
| 4 | The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free . |
| 5 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 7 | ‘ You want me to see this guy , sir ? ’ |
| 8 | She has woven her spell and allowed me to see another world , another life , a life of the spirit . |
| 9 | He had always been involved to some extent , but when an old villager came to him and said , ‘ You ca n't let this thing die , your father was a polemaster and we look to you to see this thing does n't stop ’ , he could n't resist the challenge . |
| 10 | It was gratifying to her to see that woman taken down a peg . |
| 11 | Another thought struck her — the farmhouse he 'd taken her to see that morning … could he have gone there ? |
| 12 | we 're taking her to see that property and er have a look around and see if there 's any more . |
| 13 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 14 | Even Ipuky could not arrange for him to see this body , and he no longer had the cachet of officialdom with which to browbeat the embalmer . |
| 15 | ‘ I certainly expect him to see this season out . |
| 16 | Entry to the major museums is around a fiver but worth it to see THAT painting , the Primavera by Botticelli and THE statue , Michaelangelo 's David . |
| 17 | it 'll seem funny wo n't it to see that tree down ? |