Example sentences of "see a [noun] [prep] this [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect . |
| 5 | A creature who had never seen a world outside this Castle . |
| 6 | It grew to its current size by selling mainframes in the 1960s and 1970s but since then has seen a decline in this business . |
| 7 | We 're gon na see a lot of this happening cos this talking comes cheap , er crime and the rest of it . |
| 8 | ‘ Did you see a picture of this man ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? ’ |
| 11 | Now imagine the case where the authorities wish to see a reduction in this rate of expansion . |
| 12 | Under-age sides are entitled to their share of the cake and it 's encouraging to see a spread of this cash to help underwrite various competitions . ’ |
| 13 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 14 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 15 | I would very much like to see a copy of this book and also , if possible , some sample units from the second book : ‘ Talking about the Past ’ . |
| 16 | Before he could say anything Mrs Woodward exclaimed ‘ Is n't it strange to see a train at this time of night ? ’ |
| 17 | But even they will blench if a marble statue waves at them , for you would have to live dealions of years longer than even they do to see a miracle of this magnitude . |
| 18 | Last autumn 's riots against President Mobutu saw a repetition of this panic . |
| 19 | The 1960s saw a disenchantment with this view , academia being seen instead to be an accomplice in the mainstream projects ( industrial , military , political ) of society . |
| 20 | As Alcuin looked back from the high days of his own collaboration with Charlemagne , which also involved his many pupils who became bishops and abbots , he obviously saw a model of this relationship at the York of his younger days , when Eadbert ruled Northumbria while his brother Egbert was archbishop of York and built up the cathedral library . |
| 21 | Thoreau in the swamp saw a form of this beauty , and it has an analogy in the himma of the Sufis . |