Example sentences of "to see [pers pn] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went over to see them in a tea dance one Friday and they said it was like they were being auditioned . |
| 2 | Come to see me in a fortnight . |
| 3 | There 'll be someone to see you in a minute . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If he wants to kill you , why would he arrange to see you in a restaurant with the whole world looking on ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So , when I happened to see you in a clinch in your office , you 're telling me she 'd lost her balance ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If I have to look at you , ’ Aunt Emily said without rancour , ‘ I should like to see you in a new dress . |
| 7 | ‘ We would expect to see him in a couple of warm-up fights , certainly someone in the top 10 , before he fights Mike Tyson again , if that is to happen , ’ said Morris . |
| 8 | But that pleasure was tinged with sadness because his mother , Joanna , is n't alive to see him in a role he might have been born to play . |
| 9 | He also said that he found his responsibilities ‘ a very great strain ’ , because his aunt was such a difficult , domineering person , and he would like to see her in a Home — partly because she needed more care and more company . |
| 10 | ‘ I have always gone to see her at Kensington Palace — well , I was n't going to see her in a railway siding , was I ? |
| 11 | " All I want is to see her in a place where she 'll be cared for . |
| 12 | She had told him to come back to see her in a week . |
| 13 | More than a third of directors want more summarised information and want to see it in a more comprehensible , graphic form . |
| 14 | In a recent NCT survey , 19 out of 20 British people said they approved of breastfeeding in principle , but did n't like to see it in a public place . |
| 15 | The local area , of course should be a springboard not a straitjacket , and pupils need to be encouraged to move out from their locality to see it in a wider context , to compare it with other places , and above all , whatever period is under study , to begin to understand why the changes they have documented took place . |