Example sentences of "see a [noun] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the other quotation ( 2.21.6 ) he appears to have taken the Gorgon Medusa killed by Perseus as a member of a wild Libyan race : " he ( Procles ) had seen a man from this race brought to Rome " . |
| 2 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 3 | He 'd seen a bit of that kind of thing going on in the last hospital he was in . |
| 4 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 5 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 6 | This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect . |
| 7 | A creature who had never seen a world outside this Castle . |
| 8 | For some reason she had n't seen a doctor for some months . ’ |
| 9 | It grew to its current size by selling mainframes in the 1960s and 1970s but since then has seen a decline in this business . |
| 10 | ‘ I have seen an attribute of another world and condition of things . |
| 11 | Johnnie : A , N , N ( ( intervening material ) ) Teacher : Okay , Isobel , do you see a name on that page you know ? |
| 12 | You might look around and not see a tree with any foliage on it whatever ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I sent in a report to the committee and I did n't see a flag at any stage , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ But I am hoping with normality returning , we might see a falling of these figures . ’ |
| 15 | I think he had to go and see a man about some business , ’ said Mary . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'ope — hope — we 'll see a lot of each other , Miss O'Brien . |
| 17 | We did see a lot of another Miller , Professor George Miller , of Princeton University , a stolid man of undoubted erudition but with none of Jonathan Miller 's expository dynamism . |
| 18 | We 're gon na see a lot of this happening cos this talking comes cheap , er crime and the rest of it . |
| 19 | ‘ Did you see a picture of this man ? ’ |
| 20 | You ca n't see a thing round that corner can you ? |
| 21 | Thus , if the whole internal process were slowed down enormously , one could actually see a representation of each command executed by the machine at the lowest possible level of representation . |
| 22 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 23 | Dad , I can see a crust in that Vitalite . |
| 24 | The newspaper readership tables produced for the advertising industry ( Tables 6.2 and 6.3 , for example ) used rather generous definitions of ‘ read ’ , along the lines ‘ Did you see a copy of this paper yesterday ? ’ |
| 25 | In making the choice between headhunting or in-house recruiting , it is clear that the crux of the matter is the level of appointment involved ; most employers do see a place for both methods . |
| 26 | However , one rarely sees a completion of those overs in the allotted time . |
| 27 | Each weekend during the summer will see an event of some kind taking place at the Museum . |
| 28 | ‘ I did not intend to give offence but I can see an end to this matter . |
| 29 | In Victoria State , in Australia , Schools Councils ( a form of governing body ) do participate in review activities , and in Chapter 6 we shall see an example of this involvement . |
| 30 | The accurate presentation to any doctor seeing a patient of that patient 's record , the full and easy referral to past treatment and the ease of transfer of records are obvious benefits . |