Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] see [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When painting Cornish scenes Minton had been aware of the precedent set by Christopher Wood and The Times rightly saw in The Harbour an attempt to translate a Christopher Wood theme ‘ into the tragic idiom of modern painters ’ . |
| 2 | So ended one of the most traumatic experiences ever seen on the railway system in the British Isles . |
| 3 | This was one of the changes initially seen under the Republic : the capture of Jamaica in 1655 opened up a new road which encouraged rulers in the second half of the century to go forward and force other European powers to give up their lands on almost the whole of the North American coastline . |
| 4 | That was the time when I stood in all that fluid with my boots on , a priceless carpet under my feet , hounds never seen on the earth before lying still and obedient before me , staring out of that maternal portico with its flanking columns , down the long avenue of limes that lead to birth , life and Arcadia . |
| 5 | Most scientists believe the infill to be lava , and though there are no features yet seen on the Moon that are definitely volcanic , floods of lava from fissures that are buried beneath their own lava are known on the Earth and could account for the mare infill on the Moon . |
| 6 | Other symptoms frequently seen in the sentence production of Broca 's aphasics would need to be explained as due to additional deficits in the sentence-production system ( e.g. if there is a specific problem with prefixes and suffixes , that would be seen as arising during attempts to construct the positional-level representation ) . |
| 7 | Its detailed provisions , however , provoked one of the most serious conflicts yet seen in the Assembly and a mass walk-out on Oct. 18 by deputies from the main opposition Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) . |
| 8 | As one of the biggest railway events ever seen in the West Country , Taunton 150 looks set to be the railway preservation event of the year in the South West and a fitting end to No. 3440 's summer tour . |