Example sentences of "see his [noun sg] ['s] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Stanleys ' ambivalent behaviour in 1469–71 Edward may have seen his brother 's presence in the region as a useful counterbalance , but it is unlikely that he wanted to see the Stanleys totally eclipsed . |
| 2 | After the Stanleys ' ambivalent behaviour in 1469–71 Edward may have seen his brother 's presence in the region as a useful counterbalance , but it is unlikely that he wanted to see the Stanleys totally eclipsed . |
| 3 | The laird of Balfunning wanted a tide waiter 's place for his son , but Buchanan was clearly not prepared to settle for promises , for he ‘ insists that he may see his son 's commision before the election ’ . |
| 4 | By the 1950s he saw his country 's salvation in keeping a proper distance , a real neutrality , between East and West . |
| 5 | David Graeme of Orchill , when describing the contest for the collector of the cess for Perthshire in 1738 , which terminated in an election lasting two days , saw his party 's victory as one by which ‘ some peoples management of this shire is interrupted ’ . |
| 6 | On this occasion , he did agree to make a speech on stage after the performance , although at first Sherek " thought he was not going to say anything at all , because he just stood there trying to see his wife 's face in the audience " . |
| 7 | For Fernanda Eberstadt , Mendel is ‘ a worrier afflicted with an ability to see his enemy 's side of the question ’ . |
| 8 | He remembered seeing his father 's face for the last time ; the coffin being lowered into its final resting place — and the hateful wake which followed . |