Example sentences of "to see our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
| 2 | The next day I ventured out to see our new village , conscious that many curious eyes were on me . |
| 3 | And why should any brother of Shrewsbury want to see our best patroness carted away to Ramsey ? |
| 4 | We all share the same sky and the same passion , which is to see our joint projects take to the air . |
| 5 | We can even be drawn into the need to fulfil our ideals , put forward our political ambitions , as well as the desire to see our religious beliefs accepted by others . |
| 6 | But why had he come to see our pissy show ? |
| 7 | Above all , I do not believe the people of Britain want to see our constitutional monarchy , the ‘ eternal jewel ’ with which our political liberties are bound up , brought into danger or contention by the deceptive device once adopted so ill-advisedly so many years ago for a purpose that is past . |
| 8 | Would you like to see our beautiful country , Mrs Harland ? |
| 9 | Nor , if we are willing to see our co-operative selves as other co-operators see us , should we fail to note Signor Prandini 's implied criticism , pointed though polite , of the British concept of Co-operation as restricted almost exclusively to the Consumers ' Movement . |
| 10 | How sad to see our old people not just robbed but beaten up so badly as well . |
| 11 | It is plausible to see our geometrical knowledge as based on ‘ perception ’ of connections between various ideas . |
| 12 | We start by learning to live as ‘ poor in spirit ’ , and therefore open to see our own sinfulness and that of others . |
| 13 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 14 | You come all the way to see our fine city with its many points of historical and civic interest , also many quaint customs , and you wake up dead in some back alley or as it might be floating down the Ankh , how are you going to tell all your friends what a great time you 're having ? |