Example sentences of "[vb past] see [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On the contrary , Ligachev argued , it had seen the collectivisation of agriculture , the USSR 's emergence as the world 's second-largest economy and subsequently the defeat of Nazi Germany . |
| 32 | Or maybe he had seen the onset of labour in the way she had acted earlier , when he and Kāli untwisted the bales of hay for the night and spread out the fresh pine-needle bedding . |
| 33 | Lawton had seen the effect on friend and foe alike . |
| 34 | Yes , I 'm all right , ’ Tamar replied , opening her eyes and then veiling them with the black sweep of her lashes , but not before Tempy had seen the gleam of triumph in their topaz depths . |
| 35 | The first half of the eighteenth century had seen an increase in trade , which was paralleled by an increase in the population . |
| 36 | Food stocks had a dismal session after a survey suggested that fewer than half the UK 's big food companies had seen an upturn in demand by the middle of December . |
| 37 | Probably this was no longer true , for I had seen an African in town who seemed very much at home . |
| 38 | Kirstein wanted to see the ballet in preparation before confirming the commission , so John began working on it with dancers of Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet , including Miller as the heroine . |
| 39 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |