Example sentences of "[noun sg] we see a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practical result of this is that when we study the individual child we see a succession of stages of development which from the point of view of the id are just as they should be and — because the id is the oldest , most fundamental and , from the point of view of the instinctual drives which originate it , the most important agency — are just what they should be . |
| 2 | Closer to home we see a rise in unemployment and crime figures , drug and alcohol abuse , in addition to higher prices in the shops . |
| 3 | Within the first meaning we see a conception of law founded on general rules ; an idea that Dicey had signalled earlier with his references to ‘ rigid legality ’ . |
| 4 | On the way back over the lines west we saw a lot of traffic with trains going to Oxford , coal to Didcot power station , 125 's to the West Country and three class 37 's up and down with nowhere to go . |
| 5 | Only last week we saw a collision in the Channel at a real cost , eight seamen 's lives . |
| 6 | And there on the road we saw a number of German lorries approaching , loaded with soldiers wearing steel helmets . |
| 7 | The sitters are evidently at their ease , and in the background we see a representation of the Dutch House at Kew , a favourite place just a few miles from London where they could escape from the formalities of public life . |
| 8 | By the path we saw a number of white-tailed tropic birds . |
| 9 | But they told me that ‘ during your show we saw a flicker of response in his eyes for the very first time ’ . ’ |