Example sentences of "see [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to such a theory , if we , in English , call both our mother 's brother and our father 's brother by the same term — ‘ uncle ’ — it is because these two relatives are , to us , the same ‘ kind ’ of relative , and that probably the fact that we use the one word causes us to see them in that way . |
| 2 | You began to see them in the expensive cars . |
| 3 | This is not , in fact , the best time of year to see them in their full glory , but you will appreciate , sir , that with the arrival of spring , we will see a change — a very special sort of change — in these surroundings . ’ |
| 4 | In another sense they may seem to know them too little , to be too little able to see them in relation to other , contemporary , young people : as much chance of a fair assessment from a family as from a school . |
| 5 | Breeze had already heard the family mentioned the day before , at the Vicarage , and was interested to see them in the flesh . |
| 6 | This may not be feasible where there is a very large number of candidates , but if people have got through the original application forms stage of selection it will be worth making an effort to see them in person . |
| 7 | Look at them closely before closing your eyes and trying to see them in your mind . |
| 8 | One day they were told that a police officer wished to see them in connection with the charges already preferred . |
| 9 | You do n't see luxurious leather-bound books in most homes , which is all the more reason you 'll be proud to see them in yours ! |
| 10 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 11 | The King was much intrigued to see them in the Dolls ' House and enquired who gave her permission . |
| 12 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
| 13 | They 've turned down several lucrative offers to reform in the past , but feel that now is the time for fans outside London to get a chance to see them in the flesh . ’ |
| 14 | As they became aware of cinema audiences the vast majority of these intellectuals tended not to see them in quite such a negative way as Chaplin . |
| 15 | I am happy to see them in this workmanlike state . |
| 16 | When he appeared in the Home Circuit Court at Kingston before Theobalds J. on 26 September 1983 both counsel invited the judge to see them in chambers and he agreed to do so . |
| 17 | language … gives structure to experience , and helps to determine our way of looking at things , so that it requires some intellectual effort to see them in any other way than that which our language suggests to us . |
| 18 | The recognition of interests and groups in society , and a concern to see them in relation to government and the development of public policy represented an important breakthrough in the study of British politics . |
| 19 | She could n't look out to see them in the yard . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you — I 'd prefer to see them in full sunlight , ’ Lucy said hastily , in case Silas imagined she was anxious to experience a moonlight stroll with him . |
| 21 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 22 | We do n't get to see them in the states so we have to come over here . |
| 23 | Which is going to disappoint an awful lot of women who flocked to see them in town a year ago . |
| 24 | ‘ I have loved elephants since I was a child and it will be fantastic to see them in their natural environment . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I went over to see them in a tea dance one Friday and they said it was like they were being auditioned . |
| 26 | Well it 's good to see them in the bath anyway having a good good old splash about , you know ? |
| 27 | Now look at that I want you to see them in the bath , they enjoy themselves like children . |
| 28 | Yes I w I I would think so I mean it it wo n't occur in five minutes of course erm and I I would still say that I would like to see them in the six yard box more often . |
| 29 | What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure . |
| 30 | It was against this background that Peter Thompson , the chief executive of NFC , together with his chairman , Bobby Lawrence , came to see me in my small office on the Cabinet floor of the House of Commons on 18 May 1981 . |