Example sentences of "see [art] [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One deaf electrician from Gillingham , Kent , a Thomas Pearce , was shot dead by a sentry in Southport , Lancashire , to which place he had been sent to do a job : he had failed to see the sentry in the dark and the sentry shot him after challenging him three times . |
| 2 | Michael Chapman , executive producer of the ITV hit series , said : ‘ I 'm sad to see the departure of the character DS Roach . |
| 3 | The users may not have been involved to the extent of being able to see the repercussions of the system design they had ‘ agreed ’ with the analyst . |
| 4 | Anyway , Scano 's boy must have been going to see the gamekeeper at the villa . ’ |
| 5 | As the majority of the latter are either Moslem , Sikh or Hindu , it is understandable that the Church has encountered severe problems in trying to communicate her message , either with a view to attracting them into her fellowship or to see the significance of the gospel of Jesus Christ within their own cultural context . |
| 6 | She shook her head and turned to see the policeman by the bed grimacing at her . |
| 7 | I like to see the shape of the face and neck and straightforward lines on a portrait . |
| 8 | She asked to see the daughter of the house . |
| 9 | Exposure of these sections to dyes that are selectively taken up by either the bodies of neurons or by their axons enables us to see the structure of the lesion site . |
| 10 | ‘ I am sure you wish to see the rest of the building , ’ the guide said sternly , and marched off . |
| 11 | If I was curious it was only to see the rest of the house . |
| 12 | Now we in the Harrogate Civic Society would like to see the rest of the district allocation reduced at least to fifty hectares which has something to do with the forecast requirement on the grounds of past take-up , and I believe it is nearer the original figure for the rest of the district floated by the county in the initial consultations before amendment was made to the allocation between Greater York and the rest of the district . |
| 13 | I went across the course to the stands side to see the horses in the paddock , and then I went up to the very comfy Tribune des Dames , for which the French Racing Authorities so generously send me a badge each year . |
| 14 | ‘ It was a really frightening feeling to see the trolleys on the line . |
| 15 | It is resting upon the fact that he completely fails to see the originality in the correlation between basis and superstructure under the reign of the proletarian dictatorship . |
| 16 | Besides , you 'll probably still be able to see the lights from the shore . ’ |
| 17 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 18 | It may prove difficult because individuals may not be able to see the whole of the organisation since they are so wrapped up in their own specialised part of it . |
| 19 | With the help of Opposition Members , who have generously said that they will help , we hope to see the Bill on the statute book as soon as possible . |
| 20 | Cromwell returned from Ireland in 1650 to lead the English resistance to the threat from the Scots , and by his subsequent victories at the battles of Dunbar and Worcester he thwarted not only those who wished to see the return of the house of Stuart , but also those who sought to impose a Presbyterian church on the English people . |
| 21 | He uses this church as an example because it is very easy to see the faults of the church through the irony of the poem . |
| 22 | Mo decided to try another tack : ‘ I 'd like to see the relationship with the monarchy changed , ’ she said . |
| 23 | Leadership has to see the work of the organisation within a wider context and to be aware of the environment within which the organisation is working . |
| 24 | A chance to see the work of the fire service at Bolton House and Mereway Fire Station , including fire house and a visit to the control suite at Moulton Fire Station . |
| 25 | The excavator suggests that the positioning of the doors and the size of the buildings ‘ does not seem to indicate an agricultural function ’ ( Millett 1983 , p. 247 ) , preferring to see the stability of the layout as a reflection of social units , whether divided by ‘ kinship , sex or status ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 26 | It is amazing , with hindsight , to see the awakening of the theory of evolution dismissed by Gould as nothing more than a number of ‘ pleasing chats ’ ; but Gould was not a revolutionary and never claimed to be ; his en tire life and all of his works were designed to get him accepted by society and by science , not rejected by them . |
| 27 | It was certainly a source of great pride to me in the nineteen sixties to be Personnel Manager of the Greenock plant , in an area which is noted to it 's erm , insecurity , to see the effects on the living standards and conditions and morale of the general community of having a manufacturing plant which had stability of labour , as well as it 's er , objectives . |
| 28 | It is not difficult to see the reasons for the Bible 's crucial emphasis on right parental modelling . |
| 29 | In an interview with the press he seemed prepared to allow the employers time to see the logic of the situation but added a threat of sanctions to come . |
| 30 | In preparing for a raid on a beach there was less opportunity to see the lie of the land than before conventional military raids . |