Example sentences of "see thing [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Well , what it 's all about is that er , the insurers have seen things on the telly etcetera and horrified with the result ,
2 ‘ You are so sensible , you have always seen things in a clearer light . ’
3 I think she must have seen a lot of things at that time which had made her the way she was , seen things in the blackout and in the underground stations .
4 ‘ Each one blossoms and they return home to be far more independent and mature in their own little way , because they have done and seen things in a way they 've never been able to do before .
5 ‘ Half I had seen things in that place and heard the girls talking .
6 Lear 's failure to judge his family properly , in that he sees things in a materialistic sense rather than in a true sense of love is amplified into the conclusion of a country split against itself .
7 Paula sees things from the contestants ' viewpoint .
8 but it falls down in front of the unexpected , when you actually do see things for the first time .
9 Like , how do you know what goes on , like with , dolphins , with whales , with all sorts of species of animals , like we do n't know , well we 're so dense we can only see things like this !
10 You do you see things like that so tonight okay I helped you with sausages but you got most of it .
11 But it 's only natural that one should see things after eating mousetrap cheese ! ’
12 Show empathy by saying you understand how the other person feels and can see things from their point of view
13 Rain could see things from his perspective .
14 It may surprise you to know that I could see things from your point of view there .
15 ‘ After a few days with me he starts to calm down and see things in perspective again , ’ she reveals .
16 They will probably not see things in the same way as you do .
17 Dylan helps him see things in an honest fashion , without all the crap .
18 Made him see things in the cold light of reality .
19 How do you see things in the future then ?
20 ‘ Once you get back home you 'll see things in a different light . ’
21 I think he realized that what he might call the party of reason , that 's to say the party of those who do n't see things in terms of ideological shibboleths , but in terms of the long-run interests of humanity , ca n't become a party of action .
22 Similarly , those insects possessing an ability to see things through infrared or heat emissions are in an interesting position , for while we humans perceive airborne molecular vibrations as sound , such a creature would have no need of ears , though many do possess excellent hearing , for it may be able to see some airborne vibrations as molecular agitations or patterns .
23 We need to see things through their mind , through their sensory and motor structures — subtle and gross — not our own .
24 That 's why I came to see things for myself . ’
25 Instead we begin to see things on a bigger canvas .
26 The tendency is for English language based thinking to see things on a grey scale because of the relative ease with which nuances of meaning can be expressed .
27 Asked to see things as if they were inoperative when they are not inoperative , one no more knows what to do than one does if asked to see things as if the phenomena of colour contrast were absent when they are present .
28 Asked to see things as if they were inoperative when they are not inoperative , one no more knows what to do than one does if asked to see things as if the phenomena of colour contrast were absent when they are present .
29 In order to see things as the Trobrianders saw them , he joined their communities , learned their language , and lived among them as a member , noting and recording his observations in preparation for writing about them later :
30 Most of us tend to see things as wholes or else to analyse them into the obvious parts .
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