Example sentences of "seeing the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turakina behaved as if she was seeing the offworlder for the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 3 | In fact , what inevitably happens is that someone buys the house for the floor space of the extensions , seeing the opportunity for yet further building in the grounds , where planning permission would never normally be given . |
| 4 | He had often imagined seeing the enemy for the first time , but it was strange how very commonplace and yet how exciting this baptism was . |
| 5 | Acceptance came when their eldest daughter , Claire , then aged five , expressed her delight at seeing the twins for the first time and said simply : ‘ Oh look Mammy , they 're stuck together . ’ |
| 6 | At this time the Salmon and Gluckstein families , successful tobacco merchants , were turning their attention to catering , seeing the need for good , cheap , clean places to get a cup of tea . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a direct result of seeing the need for something different that could allow people to go out to sea no matter what the weather was like outside , that I went to see the lifeboat just over a year ago . ’ |
| 8 | It was like seeing the lock for which he had carried around the key , year after ignorant year . |