Example sentences of "see [pos pn] [noun sg] " 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 | She broke this news to me gently , casting her clear gaze towards the window in preference to seeing my hurt . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | You tried to stop me seeing my family , ’ she said with a frown . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Between seeing my surgeon and being X-rayed there were only a few days . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I know pregnancy creates an added risk of retinopathy , and I 'm seeing my ophthalmologist next week , but that 's not enough . |
| 28 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 29 | Erm my mother , we were a little bit better off than they were and er I remember going to a child with my mother , to see what would be my aunt you see and uncle , and the only time I ever remember seeing my aunt with eleven children was sitting at the corner of a table with a sort of a coarse apron on and just sitting there and I never saw her doing anything . |
| 30 | Seeing my interest was now aroused , I was invited to try the unit myself on a day 's diving . |