Example sentences of "see [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 2 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 3 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 4 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |
| 5 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 6 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 7 | By a combination of Impressionist vision , imagination , a magical mastery of language , Proust uses À la recherche to explore often banal objects , often apparently dull people , often apparently trivial episodes , in such a way that he recreates them with a freshness , erm a power of conviction , that persuade us we 're actually seeing them with a privileged insight , or perhaps even seeing them for the first time . |
| 8 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 9 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 10 | You have n't seen me since the bad time with the lawyers . ’ |
| 11 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 12 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 13 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 14 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 15 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 16 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 17 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 18 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 19 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 20 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 21 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 22 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 23 | Saw them at the same time , change of address . |
| 24 | She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week . |
| 25 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 26 | ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’ |
| 27 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 28 | They saw him at the same time as he realised he had n't understood what the man had said . |
| 29 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 30 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |