Example sentences of "[vb past] see [noun prp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Kirk Douglas became a target for a drunkard in a bar who 'd seen Douglas as the boxer in Champion , Kirk merely slammed his hand on the bar and shouted , ‘ Anyone in this bar can lick me in a fight , ’ and the drunkard backed off . |
| 2 | Connections : I 'd seen Nevil at Sedgeley House ; I 'd seen Jo at the Mimosa Club where Nevil was supposed to work , or at least beat up barmen . |
| 3 | And I heard Monks say that he 'd seen Oliver in the street , and that he knew at once Oliver was the child he was looking for , although I could n't hear why . |
| 4 | Perdita remembered Sukey being just as deferential to Grace Alderton three years ago , the first time she 'd seen Ricky in the flesh . |
| 5 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 6 | The press began to see Morrissey as the spokesman for a new generation . |
| 7 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |
| 8 | On 9 October I went to see Macmillan in the nursing home and he talked about the future leadership . |
| 9 | But '76 did see Marley in the US album charts , a hitherto unimaginable feat . |
| 10 | Half an hour after Rachaela had seen Ruth into the house , Emma 's knock sounded on the door . |
| 11 | Colin Wallace , who had seen Lewis on the day he vanished , was charged with murder . |
| 12 | He went into the downstairs room where he had seen Marcus through the window . |
| 13 | Midge had seen Patrick in the crowd . |
| 14 | Well , she supposed that figured ; after all , she had seen Luke with the children at the sailing club , again revealing that other side of his nature which did n't extend to her … |
| 15 | PC Alan Fraser , 33 , told the court that he had seen Sutherland at the scene of the explosion . |
| 16 | As Randolph Churchill so eloquently described in The Fight for the Tory Leadership , Macmillan had seen Hailsham on the Monday before the Conference and indicated that in the event of retirement he would support his candidature . |
| 17 | ‘ I had n't even made the connection until a friend mentioned he had seen Tim in the papers with all the Princess Anne business . ’ |
| 18 | Christian wanted to see Seb at the farm immediately . |
| 19 | He said nothing , just that he wanted to see Duncan in the hall . |