Example sentences of "[noun sg] see [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But as the price plunged , the government saw its sources of funding evaporating .
2 Enthusiasts were less surprised that much of that investment went sour through design faults and technical failures , and grieved that so little thought was given to the simple , old fashioned matter of looking out , the deprivation of forward and backward view that had encouraged so much travel on the first generation of multiple units allegedly being due to the unions not liking the public seeing their men at work .
3 He 'd been to see his girlfriend in Southampton and was on his way to see his parents in Sheffield .
4 The wedge cushion has the further advantage of allowing the patient to see his legs without effort .
5 She may have travelled by jet to see her in-laws in New York or her cousins in Jerusalem , but there is a part of her that still lives in eighteenth century Limnititzk .
6 The Labour Party saw its strongholds in Scotland and Wales endangered and some of the — younger members elected in 1964 and 1966 , who had been interested in devolution and governmental reform long before the nationalist challenge arose , saw this as their chance to press for a degree of devolution to an elected all-Welsh or all-Scottish council .
7 ‘ The Labour Party and the Liberal Party see their votes at risk .
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