Example sentences of "see a [noun] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claire has never seen a man in a leopardskin jockstrap before . |
| 2 | A woman had also seen a man in a boat sailing away from the beach . |
| 3 | Mr Pinder said he had seen a woman in a wheelchair throw away two tickets for an evening performance at the theatre in Newcastle after she was told no-one would be available to help her on her return journey . |
| 4 | Have n't seen a woman in a hat for years . |
| 5 | And er th they used to make some of the batteries up , the cells , the , the used to er I do n't know if you 've ever seen a cell in a battery , it 's usually made up of er wood er lead and wood . |
| 6 | You will frequently see a garment in a shape that suits pattern stitches and fabrics other than those suggested in the accompanying instructions . |
| 7 | Far more pertinent was the fact that Mendoros thought he could see a gap in a market about which he knew a great deal , and which he reckoned could best be filled from the UK . |
| 8 | Connor told Ken that looking at him was like ‘ seeing a mouse in a bag of oats ’ . |
| 9 | What is most likely to be useful in such material is the chance that inferences can be drawn by the reader , seeing a similarity in a problem elsewhere with a question in the visual arts . |
| 10 | I would 've said that , but last night this meeting said they 'd very much like to see a officer in a car because they do n't see anybody at the moment |
| 11 | Blake , over a hundred years later , similarly perceived that true vision was : To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower , Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour . |
| 12 | It all started when she saw a hamster in a pet shop and decided to get another to keep him company . |
| 13 | Sometime during the next day he saw a man in a harness being lowered by cable towards Corti ; heard a shout : ‘ I have him ! ’ |
| 14 | White blurs passed around us and coloured pills stuck in my throat but , from time to time , I saw a man in a room on my own and he always asked me how I was feeling . |
| 15 | If the foreman saw a tree in a channel , or a shoal forming , he did not worry whether it was doing any harm or not ; he played safe and had it out . |
| 16 | In 1933 , I saw a notice in a doctor 's shop window stating ‘ Examinations one shilling and sixpence ; with stethoscope two shillings ’ . |
| 17 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 18 | For instance , yesterday he saw a funeral in a barge , fascinating — six women wrapped in coats in the boat , which the men were dragging along the canal through the heath , and the clergyman in his three-cornered hat and his breeches trailing them on the other side . |
| 19 | He saw a youth in a struggle with three men and ran to his aid . |
| 20 | The municipal railings had been taken away for the war effort and through the gaps in the makeshift fence of galvanised iron he saw a tramp in an army greatcoat sitting on a green bench . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was very young , I saw a picture in a book . |
| 22 | ‘ The chances are a thousand to one that you might stay here for ten seasons and never see a boatman in a hurry , ’ quoted Sir Thomas loudly to his brood , waving a lordly hand towards William and Joe who were enjoying a quiet chew of tobacco at the end of the pier . |
| 23 | ‘ I see a cow in a tumbril , dragging a tumbril ! |