Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] see [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the bogs I saw from the train window had been ‘ harvested ’ , and rows of beehive-shaped ‘ peat cocks ’ stood like haycocks , awaiting collection . |
| 2 | The restricted range of animals he saw at the College , and the limited nature of their diseases , inevitably meant that his experience was narrowly based . |
| 3 | For example , when we say ‘ genes are trying to increase their numbers in future gene pools ’ , what we really mean is ‘ those genes that behave in such a way as to increase their numbers in future gene pools tend to be the genes whose effects we see in the world ’ . |
| 4 | It can access private and company bank details , weather information , news , holiday bargains and even , should the user so wish , offer a local phone number for Madame Fifi Le Whiplash ( which explains a lot of those funny adverts you see on the Peripherique these days ) . |
| 5 | All the buildings I saw in the complex were well maintained , clean , light and well ventilated . |
| 6 | President of er has warned that there could be a real and serious civil war and the conflict that there is between Armenian people and Azerbaijan , I 'm not sure that I understand it , but I suppose it has some similarities to so many other conflicts we see around the world , Northern Ireland , er Yugoslavia , just , it goes back hundreds of years and . |
| 7 | When you came over to see us in the field , Cowslip , you said your warren was n't large , but judging by the holes we saw along the bank , it must be what we 'd reckon a fine , big one . " |
| 8 | The bugs you see at the water surface sound as though they could be Mites , which usually congregate between the surface and the cover glass . |
| 9 | Timothy will take his O levels you see during the summer term , well I mean by the end of June he 'd of finished those so that |
| 10 | The main differences I see between the shop here and Christian bookshops in Britain are ( a ) that we can order books from an express supplier in the morning and have them in the afternoon , which is very good and ( b ) that there are more books about Israel and the Jews . |
| 11 | Well they got rid of all those it 's the just cottages I saw round the back . |
| 12 | You do n't know what it 'll be like , if it 'll be like the scenes you see on the news every night . |
| 13 | In addition , the differences we see between the rhythm measured normally and under constant routine conditions must be due to external causes ( rhythms in our life-style and environment ) . |
| 14 | We need you to continue to help us by telling us of potential hazards you see in the community . |
| 15 | Like them men we saw on the newsreel , ai n't he ? ’ |
| 16 | You do n't want a bit of sedimentation and then a gap when nothing was being laid down and then a bit more being sedimented , because , you know , you do n't know then whether the jumps you see in the record are simply there because there was a gap in deposition , or whether they really reflect the sudden change in the population . |
| 17 | at the bottom of that page , you 'll see that the blue route and there are two sets of figures , that is based upon high and lows you see at the top which are high and low traffic forecasts . |
| 18 | The Constable could identify neither of the two women he saw in the doorway of No 17 . |
| 19 | Firstly , the marks one sees in the ground at any particular level may in fact result from many successive building phases , since the holes will commonly have been dug through earlier material and to varying depths . |