Example sentences of "see [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm seeing my way right now , ’ the driver told me , as he came out of the bar , followed by the landlady . |
| 2 | Seeing my work in print was great — as was getting the royalty cheque — I still have n't cashed it ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well ’ — Lizzie stopped — ‘ I do n't suppose he 'll object to me seeing my grandchild bathed . ’ |
| 4 | I remember half-waking and seeing my master bend over me . |
| 5 | I 'm seeing my friend the video company owner today . |
| 6 | Eventually I gave up hope of ever seeing my Mom again , and stealing a penny from beneath a milk bottle , bought a platform ticket and stowed away in the goods wagon of a train bound — I thought — for Sheffield and my beloved Grandfather . |
| 7 | I moved back in with my Grandfather , changing schools once again and seeing my Mom at week-ends . |
| 8 | On seeing my person , he took the opportunity to inform me that he had just that moment finalized plans to return to the United States for a period of five weeks between August and September . |
| 9 | Seeing my uncle Reggie a lot . |
| 10 | One man , Ivan Masterson , talks about how he helped pull people from the rubble and says : ‘ It must have been the second body I helped to take out … it was an awful shock seeing my uncle there with his wife beside him . ’ |
| 11 | This undemanding life-cycle had never been disrupted and I read the new lecture list partly just out of habit and partly for the simple pleasure of seeing my name in print . |
| 12 | And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering ! |
| 13 | The colleague thought she remembered seeing my name somewhere . |
| 14 | My pleasure at seeing my name appear in the November journal as a new member by examination was tempered by the long list of those gaining membership by direct entry — indeed , a list of comparable length with those graduate members . |
| 15 | Seeing my bike much , much newer than his , my cousin Ben 's eyes popped with envy . |
| 16 | Agnes pulled herself up straighter in the chair and , looking into the broad face , she said , ‘ Your son has been seeing my sister clandestinely . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ … tell you , just like that — sometimes don't. 'S the day for seeing my dad . |
| 18 | Seeing my daughter like this . |
| 19 | I get more excited seeing my girls winning medals than I felt winning my own . ’ |
| 20 | She broke this news to me gently , casting her clear gaze towards the window in preference to seeing my hurt . |
| 21 | I know you 've been seeing my Josephine and I 've heard you brag about it , you cocky little bastard . |
| 22 | The matron , seeing my Lady took an interest in the place , pointed out a girl to her , named Rosanna Spearman , and told her a most miserable story : which I have n't the heart to repeat here ; for I do n't like to be made wretched without any use , and no more do you . |
| 23 | ‘ I have no intention of seeing my dues gambled away by your wastrel of a son . ’ |
| 24 | Rather than losing a life when he comes into contact with a creature , Egor merely becomes more frightened until , when the bar representing his fear level reaches its limit , he screams and pops his clogs ( something I can identify with after seeing my caricature , as created by the evil hand of our Art Editor ) . |
| 25 | ‘ I am so excited about seeing my sons again . |
| 26 | You tried to stop me seeing my family , ’ she said with a frown . |
| 27 | A good reputation will be merely a means to winning what I want from others ; I shall care nothing for the respect or contempt of people who can not help or ham me , and find no pleasure in the prospect of millions seeing my face on television or reading my books after I am dead . |
| 28 | Two days after seeing my surgeon and exactly a week before going into hospital , aided by my wife , I crawled up to London and met the hero of the book . |
| 29 | Between seeing my surgeon and being X-rayed there were only a few days . |
| 30 | In those few days between seeing my surgeon and going back to the X-ray department I went up to that chapel two or three times a day , I did my visualizations with all the intensity that I could summons . |