Example sentences of "[pers pn] see [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 2 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 3 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 4 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 5 | Next to the butcher , where the meat was arranged on silver platters and the chops dressed with paper ruffs , I saw for the first time a shop stocked exclusively with cheeses : nothing else , just cheese . |
| 6 | In between the two mosques , in the great arc of roofs and terraces which surmounted the houses of Shahjehanabad , I saw for the first time that secret Delhi which lies hidden from those who only know the city from ground level . |
| 7 | This saddened us all , but I suppose it was inevitable , and reminded me of things I saw during the 1940 Blitz on London when living in the northern outskirts of the city but working near Hadley Wood , with weekly trips down to our offices at Kings Cross railway terminus . |
| 8 | I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht . |
| 9 | ( Funnily enough , years later in France I saw in the Orange branch of the Credit Agricole exactly the same slogan used to advertise personal loans . ) |
| 10 | And er what I see of the modern teacher I 'm probably looking out with three different eyes , they do n't seem to come up to the same standing as those men were , at all because one thing that I I remember very vividly about them all , and they were family men , what I call family men . |
| 11 | For those who might have missed his point however , Williams wrote for the ‘ Trinidad Guardian ’ soon after , ‘ I see in the denominational school the breeding ground of disunity ; I see in the state school the opportunity for cultivating a spirit of nationalism among West Indian people and eradicating the racial suspicions and antagonisms growing in our midst ’ . |
| 12 | I see from the recent article in The Lancaster Guardian that your Council is to contact Parish Councils in neighbouring districts of South Lakeland and Wyre concerning the forthcoming Local Government Review to find out ‘ where their greater affinity lies ’ . |
| 13 | Yes , er I see from the supplementary proof which you have put in the other day , I mean your calculations of York 's requirements is six thousand six hundred . |
| 14 | I see from the local press that the hoof branding system was developed by a lady who keeps a thoroughbred gelding . |
| 15 | What do you see as the primary cause of marriage breakdown ? |
| 16 | So , do you see as the real reason for the shut-down of Dido and Pluto really a win for the arguments long standing of the environmental lobby . |
| 17 | ‘ Suppose we go with what the kid says , what do you see as the next step ? ’ |
| 18 | She discussed in this context who she saw as the twentieth century 's two most influential analysts of theatre : Brecht and Antonin Artaud . |
| 19 | It was what she saw as the excessive time and attention given to the ‘ South Bank ’ theologians which she objected to most strongly , feeling that it would only be a matter of time before the Governors took action to alter the position . |
| 20 | The man she saw on the other side was in his late thirties , his hair receding slightly , but what hair he did have was thick and lustrous and reached the collar of his shirt . |
| 21 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
| 22 | Guy Sterne 's eyes held a glitter of amusement , but a darker emotion she saw in the pale green-grey brought colour sweeping up her neck to her face . |
| 23 | Whatever you see on the right-hand side of the centre-line , you knit on the right-hand side of your machine . |
| 24 | Right well it may be of course you see on the other hand the accountancy takes three years . |
| 25 | The classes certainly do not mirror what you see on the British ballet stage , especially at the Royal Ballet . |
| 26 | What you see on the left-hand side of the centre line , you knit on the left-hand side of the machine . |
| 27 | But who you see at the very beginning they must have established what the roles were . |
| 28 | Mind you , you see in the long run they proved that she was |
| 29 | But I 'd come down to er , one two five you see in the local paper . |
| 30 | By the way erm it 's always rather amusing when you see in the old history books the er the idea that erm that , to give an example , somebody like Metternich . |