Example sentences of "see a [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Perhaps you 've seen a man with large plates in his hair , or a brusie on his arm . |
| 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 | He had seen a row of black faces staring at him from the platform of one of the Red Sand Towers in the Nore approaches . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ? ’ |
| 13 | Recent years have seen a revival of popular faith in America among Britons and Germans . |
| 14 | I had already seen a couple of ringed seals , several eider duck , many Arctic terns and kittiwakes and a few scruffy immature glaucous gulls before I crept into my bunk to sleep . |
| 15 | Although she 'd seen a couple of nice men recently , when it came to the heavy breathing Miranda found that she did n't want to be touched intimately by anyone she did n't know well . |
| 16 | I have seen a couple of determined ones peck the leg off their defeated adversary , but most were unable , or did n't think of it , and got caught by the rats during the night . |
| 17 | Besides these major product innovations , the eurobond market has seen a plethora of subsidiary innovations , many of which have been one off or flourished only for a time . |
| 18 | Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image . |
| 19 | The past few years have seen a hardening of presidential arteries . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I 've seen a lot of good coppers ruined that way . |
| 23 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 24 | Analysis by Mr Haraoka 's office explains the recent rise in Japan 's trade surplus as follows : because of the recession at home , Japan has seen a decline in expensive imports of luxuries , which were enormously fashionable during the second half of the 1980s . |
| 25 | The LGC has seen a number of fundamental changes over the past few years , not least its relocation in 1989 from the south bank of the Thames in central London to its present plush premises next to the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington , Middlesex . |
| 26 | The years since the 1978 Act have seen a succession of inner city initiatives . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | We 'll cut across and let you see a bit of inland Sardinia . ’ |
| 29 | You might see a pair of long johns , then long johns , and a pair of socks , but Paul said they 've opened windows and Trevor said it 's nearly knocked him off the ladder . |
| 30 | trickled down , Jack could see a boy with oriental features and what seemed to be a rain-soaked face . |