Example sentences of "to see [pers pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may not be feasible where there is a very large number of candidates , but if people have got through the original application forms stage of selection it will be worth making an effort to see them in person . |
| 2 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
| 3 | Which is going to disappoint an awful lot of women who flocked to see them in town a year ago . |
| 4 | In another sense they may seem to know them too little , to be too little able to see them in relation to other , contemporary , young people : as much chance of a fair assessment from a family as from a school . |
| 5 | The recognition of interests and groups in society , and a concern to see them in relation to government and the development of public policy represented an important breakthrough in the study of British politics . |
| 6 | One day they were told that a police officer wished to see them in connection with the charges already preferred . |
| 7 | So funnily enough , the girl that I made friends with when I was a tracer , Penny , erm she came to see me in land army uniform you see , and I said , ’ Right , if I ca n't go in the forces , I 'll join the land army ’ , so I said ’ alright ’ . |
| 8 | Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . |
| 9 | Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with ‘ flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . |
| 10 | You want to see me in gaol . |
| 11 | I can not want a man who wants to see me in gaol . |
| 12 | ‘ Father Laverty came to see me in hospital two days after the birth and had the nerve to look at my beautiful baby and ask me to put her up for adoption . ’ |
| 13 | Now she is absolutely delighted to see me in Formula One . ’ |
| 14 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd like to see you in red , Folly . |
| 16 | And they wish your Grace joy , and comfort in the favour God has shown to your arms , and the Lord Henry trusts to see you in health and spirits at the assembly of your parliament at the month 's end . ’ |
| 17 | He held his head defiantly lifted , as if he wished no man to see him in dejection ; somehow I felt the gesture very characteristic , and was able for the first time to recognize his arrogance . |
| 18 | Helmut went to see him in hospital . |
| 19 | ‘ Have you … tried to see him in hospital ? ’ |
| 20 | It was just — ’ She turned to face him more fully , curious now to see him in technicolour . |
| 21 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 22 | Without legal connections and with little money , he judged that progress would be easier in the provinces and went to Manchester , where he built up a mainly civil practice until Sir David Napley , Jeremy Thorpe 's solicitor , happened to see him in action . |
| 23 | Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows . |
| 24 | ‘ No doubt the rest of you will be able to see him in action next week , on Parents ’ Evening , ’ proceeded Mr Crumwallis , smoothly bland . |
| 25 | I wish that Deane was scoring 3 a match — but I have nt had the opportunity to see him in action recently . |
| 26 | And it was quite a sight to see him in flight , for he sped straight as a pole ; inclined , if anything , backwards ; but his great neck thrusting , a ginger balance , for one thrust too far and he would have all come tumbling down . |
| 27 | Just because he 'd said he would like to see her in red . |
| 28 | I went to see her in panto , honestly , she was terrible , she whined yeah her voice was even more marked Aus Australian than it is on here . |
| 29 | However , many things had happened during the two years since she had been told that her mother had died of the fever and that , prior to this , she had not been allowed to see her in case she should catch it and spread it further . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're sweet , ’ she said simply , knowing then that because his lack of enthusiasm on Saturday had worried him , he had determined to see her in person that morning . |