Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] see the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crabb 's ex-wife saw the body at Bognor mortuary but was unable to confirm that it was that of her husband . |
| 2 | If the trade unions want to exercise that right , they will have to get the legal title to them whether by purchase or by what has been called euphemistically , and in criticism of Robert Owen 's failure to see the significance of ownership , ‘ revolutionising practice ’ . |
| 3 | In the polling booth your mind 's eye sees the deductions on the payslip more vividly than the hospital queues . |
| 4 | Elizabeth Mowbray was baffled by the girl 's refusal to see the matter in its true light and more than a little troubled by what she was beginning to see as something other than a passing infatuation . |
| 5 | St William 's Foundation sees the need for a programme of action which will explore new paths , side step old obstacles , find lateral avenues to solution of apparently intractable problems . |
| 6 | Andrew Beattie 's wife saw the secretary of state read the statement on television . |
| 7 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 8 | B. S. Johnson 's wish to see the baton of innovation initiated by Ulysses carried forward can actually be satisfied , in this area , by looking no further than developments Joyce made himself . |
| 9 | James I 's reign saw the publication of an extensive literature devoted to illustrating that the pope was the Antichristian ‘ Beast ’ referred to in the Book of the Apocalypse . |
| 10 | The first years of Tethlis 's reign saw the assembling of new armies . |
| 11 | Rutherford 's school saw the difference between α and β radioactivity . |
| 12 | A page-one column in the same newspaper admired the play 's moral honesty , insisting : ‘ It is worth Prime Minister Kaifu 's time to see the musical before his trip to South-East Asia . ’ |