Example sentences of "see a [noun] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Letts , of course , has moved in the other direction , into book publishing ( Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop has seen a 500% increase in turnover of sales of their books this year , John Harvey-Jones please note ) , but it is well worth stocking Letts ' unbeatable range of the more traditional diaries for which it is so rightly famous . |
2 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
3 | Looking down , Branson could see a cricket match in progress in the grounds . |
4 | There is ‘ no coherent set of personnel procedures , for lay employees or for ministers , whereby they can see a career path with training and proper systems of appraisal . ’ |
5 | VERY FEW things in life beat seeing a steam locomotive in action . |
6 | Craig 's father Robert says his son is still suffering from nightmares , and has to see a psychiatrist weekly for counselling . |
7 | ‘ I would dearly like to see a Tote monopoly off course with bookmakers allowed to operate on course only . |
8 | ‘ I want to see a health service at ease with itself — optimistic and confident about its essential work . |
9 | The answer is that it is difficult to see a conspiracy theory at work . |
10 | Cray Electronics in fifth position saw a 21% decline in turnover . |
11 | Bird droppings whitened a window sill , and from the bottom of the broken front door Winnie saw a mouse scurry for cover in the dead grass by the door step . |
12 | When we got to within quarter of an hour q sorry quarter of a mile of the the actual village itself , and remember it 's quarter of a mile I 'm talking about not ten yards fifteen yards away , we saw a railway embankment in front of us . |
13 | But those companies with over £35m annual revenues saw a zero increase in turnover with an average 5.8% rise in pre-tax margins last year , while those with under £35m revenues , grew their turnover by an average of 4% , with pre-tax margins up 7.2% . |
14 | Even when you see a stage performance of hypnotism and it seems as though the ‘ unwilling ’ subjects are being made to act against their will , that is not really the case . |