Example sentences of "see a [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deadening sense of obligation with which Coleridge had returned to Bristol was now swiftly transformed , until , as a ‘ neutral spectator ’ ( perhaps Cottle ) told Thomas De Quincey , ‘ if ever in his life he had seen a man under deep fascination , and what he would have called desperately in love , Coleridge , in relation to Miss F , was that man ’ . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | So the 1980s has seen a betrayal of primary health care at the very same time as more and more lip-service has been paid to the idea . |
| 4 | Edward IV 's last years ( unlike those of Edward III ) had seen a return to political stability . |
| 5 | Edward IV 's last years ( unlike those of Edward III ) had seen a return to political stability . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've seen a cross-reference with British Army chaplains in the military documentation file , ’ Ilse said . |
| 7 | Spokesman Song Jian noted that areas affected by acid rain had seen a fall in agricultural production , devastation of the environment and serious economic losses . |
| 8 | THERE are very few middle-aged men who have not seen a vision of youthful loveliness and longed to possess it . |
| 9 | He shut his eyes for a moment , but not before Kate had seen a flicker of private anguish . |
| 10 | Most likely a first-time father has never seen a person in such pain and it 's also the person he loves most . |
| 11 | He 'd seen a bit of that kind of thing going on in the last hospital he was in . |
| 12 | The past six months have also seen a flurry of administrative guidance , including arbitrary changes in accounting rules designed to prevent institutions from selling shares at a loss or even recognising their diminished value in their books . |
| 13 | In his prejudiced but occasionally interesting Labour and the Benn Factor ( Macdonald £12.95 ) , Michael Cocks recalls Benn on the train after a party conference wandering up and down the carriage saying : ‘ Has anybody seen a pair of National Health Service glasses ? ’ |
| 14 | Recent years have seen a revival of popular faith in America among Britons and Germans . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect . |
| 18 | Irwin had seen a girl in one firm doing corrections , but was told this was not customary . |
| 19 | Most of us have seen a heart in one form or another , whether on television or in school or even at the butchers . |
| 20 | A creature who had never seen a world outside this Castle . |
| 21 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 22 | She had seen a lot of Japanese kaiju eiga flatties as a child thanks to a quirk of her father 's , and had now been able to draw on her memories of them . |
| 23 | It 's only common sense , but I 've seen a lot of hard-earned cash parted with in the pursuit of instrument-enhanced choppery and there just ai n't no such thing . |
| 24 | It grew to its current size by selling mainframes in the 1960s and 1970s but since then has seen a decline in this business . |
| 25 | Give her another cup , she may change her mind about going in space Neil , you may get the odd flying saucer , but when has anyone seen a cup of 99 tea ? |
| 26 | Tom adds however that he has only ever seen a maximum of two wolf teeth grown in the upper jaw ; four wolf teeth are extremely rare . |
| 27 | The years since the 1978 Act have seen a succession of inner city initiatives . |
| 28 | Under the ‘ Fisher-Clark ’ hypothesis , industrialized countries have seen a progression from Primary employment ( agriculture , forestry , fishing and mining ) to Secondary employment ( industrial activity in manufacturing and construction ) and in turn to Tertiary employment ( services including distribution , transport , finance and public services ) . |
| 29 | Johnnie : A , N , N ( ( intervening material ) ) Teacher : Okay , Isobel , do you see a name on that page you know ? |
| 30 | We 'll cut across and let you see a bit of inland Sardinia . ’ |