Example sentences of "[pers pn] see [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought at one time I saw signs of a recovery ; but the event makes me fear that I was not heard … |
| 2 | I remember the last time I saw Victor with a gun in his hand . |
| 3 | ‘ When I saw Ivo with a parcel he was about to mail to his wife 's cousin in Karlovy Vary , I told him I was driving that way , and that I 'd drop it into the shop where Edita 's cousin works if he wished . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I see scenes from a play ; I see myself … ’ |
| 5 | Like all fathers , I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf . |
| 6 | ‘ I see Jim as a hero , ’ says the director , smiling . |
| 7 | In the opening shot I see Garfield at a lectern reading aloud from a Shakespeare first edition , bound in unborn calf . |
| 8 | ‘ You see , Jill , I see John as a sort of prisoner of war . |
| 9 | Then a small chill ran through her as the recalled the fortune-teller 's words : ‘ I see danger from a train ’ . |
| 10 | I see television as a sort of crime against the world . |
| 11 | She sees Cather as a writer whose work ‘ gets its energy from contraries ’ . |
| 12 | Dhanraj began by stating unequivocally that she saw film-making as a tool for socio-political challenge ( she would not go so far as to say change ) and that documentary was best suited to this purpose . |
| 13 | For her part Thatcher reiterated her support for rapid admission of the new East European democracies to the EC ( many observers suggested that she saw enlargement as a way of halting moves towards EC political and monetary union ) . |
| 14 | But now that I am , you see Marion as a threat to your position . |
| 15 | Do we see appraisal as a process which in itself will lead to ‘ improvement ’ ( the control model ) , or as something which really only makes sense in the context of a fully developed staff development process ? |
| 16 | It was the only day of the week on which we saw Grandad in a suit with a tie , and in his Sunday boots . |
| 17 | They saw Jesus as a threat to their legalistic religion . |
| 18 | Each distilled their football to pure essence — England brave , dogged , hard-tackling , hard-running ; West Germany all of this , but with a more cerebral approach and a technical proficiency to their skills ; Italy were graceful , inventive , passionate , defensively-minded but flecked with great individual skill ; and then there was Brazil — inspired by Pele , Tostao , Jarizinho , Gerson and Rivelino , they saw football as a means to creating beauty , and scoring goals as a form of existential ecstasy . |
| 19 | They see KIDLINK as a project to prepare the next generation in the use of the new technology . |
| 20 | They see food as a way of controlling both their bodies and the chaos they feel about their lives . |
| 21 | Indeed , they see incineration as a solution to toxic waste whose usefulness should be employed on a greater range of materials . |
| 22 | It sees health as a collective , community issue and is concerned not only with treatment and cure but with prevention , rehabilitation and education for health . |
| 23 | It makes sense for this alternative establishment to be pro-European , not only because it is in tune with the music Jacques Delors is making , but because it sees Brussels as a counterpoise to London.This is why it has been pointless to question the sincerity of Kinnock 's conversion to Europe . |
| 24 | The moral to be drawn is that if we are to give an account of knowledge which does not include a requirement of certainty , our account should make room for the notion of certainty somewhere ; if it sees certainty as a requirement for a knowledge claim it needs to be able to explain in its own terms why that should be so . |
| 25 | Brough , who has won as many awards as he rode winners in his national hunt career , writes so delightfully because he cares , because he sees sport as a writer and also as a fan . |
| 26 | He wo n't eat dumplings , if he sees dumplings in a stew he 'll puke . |
| 27 | See the very full treatment by Mark McGaw in the article cited in Further Reading , where he sees adjudication as a species of expert determination . |
| 28 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 29 | He saw things in a flash and put them down in a sentence or at most a paragraph . |