Example sentences of "i see [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 2 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 3 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 4 | Next to the butcher , where the meat was arranged on silver platters and the chops dressed with paper ruffs , I saw for the first time a shop stocked exclusively with cheeses : nothing else , just cheese . |
| 5 | In between the two mosques , in the great arc of roofs and terraces which surmounted the houses of Shahjehanabad , I saw for the first time that secret Delhi which lies hidden from those who only know the city from ground level . |
| 6 | This saddened us all , but I suppose it was inevitable , and reminded me of things I saw during the 1940 Blitz on London when living in the northern outskirts of the city but working near Hadley Wood , with weekly trips down to our offices at Kings Cross railway terminus . |
| 7 | I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht . |
| 8 | ( Funnily enough , years later in France I saw in the Orange branch of the Credit Agricole exactly the same slogan used to advertise personal loans . ) |
| 9 | And er what I see of the modern teacher I 'm probably looking out with three different eyes , they do n't seem to come up to the same standing as those men were , at all because one thing that I I remember very vividly about them all , and they were family men , what I call family men . |
| 10 | For those who might have missed his point however , Williams wrote for the ‘ Trinidad Guardian ’ soon after , ‘ I see in the denominational school the breeding ground of disunity ; I see in the state school the opportunity for cultivating a spirit of nationalism among West Indian people and eradicating the racial suspicions and antagonisms growing in our midst ’ . |
| 11 | I see from the recent article in The Lancaster Guardian that your Council is to contact Parish Councils in neighbouring districts of South Lakeland and Wyre concerning the forthcoming Local Government Review to find out ‘ where their greater affinity lies ’ . |
| 12 | Yes , er I see from the supplementary proof which you have put in the other day , I mean your calculations of York 's requirements is six thousand six hundred . |
| 13 | I see from the local press that the hoof branding system was developed by a lady who keeps a thoroughbred gelding . |