Example sentences of "seeing [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember half-waking and seeing my master bend over me . |
| 2 | Seeing my uncle Reggie a lot . |
| 3 | It must have been seeing her reading Tennyson that had dredged up an old forgotten quotation . |
| 4 | Jetting across the Atlantic , after two years in America , she had looked forward to seeing her home town from the air , to retracing toy-sized , familiar landmarks , to marvelling at new unfamiliar ones . |
| 5 | ‘ As for Rose … ’ she shivered , and Dr Neil , seeing her face change , said abruptly , |
| 6 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |
| 7 | Virginia 's doctor , a self-important little man , had a patient once who lost her memory after the shock of seeing her husband fall to his death over a cliff . |
| 8 | However much , privately , she may have hated seeing her husband drink , or hearing him swear , she would never rebuke him in front of others . |
| 9 | I missed seeing their C.O. Colonel Campbell Hardy . |
| 10 | Sectarianism and bigotry will stay on the terraces for as long as our society stays in its current mess , but the vast majority of all fans are only interested in one thing — seeing their team win . |
| 11 | MIA FARROW yesterday banned her former lover Woody Allen from seeing their five-year-old son Satchel . |
| 12 | While this is less true , or even untrue at the bottom of the organization , those at the top share directly in the benefits of organizational goal achievement , such as seeing their stock values go up , deferred compensation , and fringe benefits … |
| 13 | She had the pleasure of seeing his jaw drop . |
| 14 | He picked up the warrant and handed it to T'ai Cho , seeing his puzzlement change to a bewildered horror . |
| 15 | ASTON VILLA manager Ron Atkinson stormed away from Portman Road last night after seeing his side crash out of the Coca-Cola Cup . |
| 16 | Daniel Horbury gave his evidence via a videolink from an office just yards from the courtroom to avoid seeing his father Peter , who is on trial . |
| 17 | Seeing his hippy mother and young sister commit suicide left him plagued by demons , which inspire and haunt him . |
| 18 | Cries of anguish were heard from the medical instructor , who was beginning to despair after seeing his practice resuscitation doll murdered by an overenthusiastic driver attempting to learn the principles of expired air resuscitation . |
| 19 | The catalyst had been the choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan who presented Paul with the dream commission after seeing his student work in a degree show . |
| 20 | The first I knew of this was when , seeing his bollard shape through the wrought-iron railings , my old humiliator Holland turned to me and said , placing predictably his malicious emphasis , ‘ There 's your ‘ guardian ’ , Wharton , come to take you off for some wanky-wanky , as usual . ’ |
| 21 | Souness is full of confidence after seeing his team hammer 14 goals in their last three warm-up games . |
| 22 | Just like seeing your team Sir . |
| 23 | All this without even seeing your tea leaves . |
| 24 | All this without even seeing your tea leaves . |
| 25 | The first time she nearly burnt me in my bed , and the second time she visited you , and must have been reminded of her own wedding day by seeing your wedding dress . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not the same as seeing your MP face to face , ’ said Dave . |
| 27 | But above all , it has brought the pleasure of new friends in a new environment , and the great joy of seeing our Medau Method ‘ up on the boards ’ at the Pineapple . |