Example sentences of "see [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 2 | We went to see Antigone in Greek but although we were well primed beforehand you ca n't follow it without a crib . |
| 3 | To see Parliament in action , you 'll need to ask your MP for a permit for the Stranger 's Gallery . |
| 4 | In winter they were often the only ones to see stock in daylight and said they needed to know more about health disorders and their control . |
| 5 | In the spring and summer of 1936 , she went to the Mercury Theatre on at least seven occasions in order to see Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 6 | She also wants to see investment in building schools and hospitals , to create jobs , and a rise in taxes . |
| 7 | So it 's wrong to see federalism in a sense as an equal partnership between the states and the , and the central government it is biased towards central government , always has been so and has in become increasingly biased towards it i in modern times . |
| 8 | An instantaneous , violent urge to shake that remote calm , to see emotion in those serene , fathomless eyes , surged through him at her cool reply . |
| 9 | After seeing action in the Suez campaign of 1956 , it saw service with 57S in a training role , with the remainder of its service life being spent with 14 Flotille , the last Aeronavale unit to use the type , before being retired in 1964 . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not like to see fear in a woman 's eyes , especially a woman who places so much value in equality . |
| 11 | She could n't bear that , could n't stand to see pity in those dark compelling eyes . |
| 12 | It is time for Ulsterfolk to open their eyes and see the Anglo Irish diktat for what it is , to rub from their eyes the scales of unionism and its false hopes and then at last with a new vision to see independence in its full light and potential as the only way forward for Ulster . |
| 13 | In order to see context-dependence in conditioned suppression it will be necessary to devise a procedure in which the contribution of the inhibitory association will be negligible . |
| 14 | ( If anyone wants to see prescience in its purest form , they might read quotations from Woodcock 's writing in my obituary article about him in the Dictionary of National Biography . ) |
| 15 | But it is possible for people growing up in a totally different culture to see kingship in terms of tyranny , in which case they would receive the statement that God is like a king as meaning that God is tyrannical , even some kind of dictator , so that religion resembles a prison rather than paradise . |
| 16 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the CBI , in Scotland and in the rest of the United Kingdom , is keen to see flexibility in our social standards and would not wish Scotland to be signed up to a social charter restricting the freedom of workers and employers alike , who look forward to continuing to be a magnet for inward investment from Japan and from the rest of the European Community ? |
| 17 | He 'd gone slowly , regretfully , seeing regret in my face also , an unexpected mutual liking , slipping away into memory . |
| 18 | She could n't cope with that , could n't face seeing derision in those dark midnight eyes . |
| 19 | 1992–93 has seen progress in a number of areas and I would like to highlight these first ; |
| 20 | 1992–93 has seen progress in a number of areas and I would like to highlight these first ; |
| 21 | He could have seen money in this right off and been leading Dr. Favor on , seeing to make about a month 's wages in three days if he kept all the fares ; and why would n't he ? |
| 22 | At Homestead they were guests of the 482 Tactical Fighter Wing which recently had seen action in the Gulg , and It was here that each was given a certificate making them Honorary F-16 Fighter Pilots . |
| 23 | No.4 Troop had caught a section of German defenders early in the battle as they ran to their alarm posts , but other Germans , many of whom had seen action in Norway in 1940 , tenaciously defended the strongpoints including the improvised fortifications of the Ulvesund Hotel . |
| 24 | Haig had seen action in the Sudan in 1898 and at the Battle of Omdurman , where he served with the Egyptian cavalry . |
| 25 | The last time I saw prisons like that was in northern Iraq , when the Kurds were knocking down doors and killing guards , freeing men and women who had seen daylight in years . |
| 26 | Herons can be seen fishing in the tumbling stream . |
| 27 | The late 80's have seen investment in new systems — for home shopping £35 million in the past five years on computers |
| 28 | It was the first time she had ever seen fear in Connor O'Dell 's eyes . |
| 29 | But the politicians have also seen research in the arts , social and natural sciences , as a vital part of national development : the government has been a generous sponsor of research , partly to underpin West Germany 's thriving high technology industries , and partly to continue rebuilding intellectual life after its almost total dissolution in the 1930s . |
| 30 | I 've never seen Puss in Boots . |