Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] see [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Queen Victoria lived on to see these tremendous changes and in June 1897 , when the British Empire was probably at its peak , she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee with great pomp and ceremony . |
| 2 | ‘ Because we need to clear the air , I think , if we 're to go on seeing each other . ’ |
| 3 | Finally there are inevitable gaps and some mistakes in the science : to go deeper see dusty tomes or corner an expert . |
| 4 | They moved on to see some fellows working on a lovely Galway hooker raised on sleepers at the waterside , then crossed to a quiet little bar and had some Beamishes . |
| 5 | ‘ France has not seen many large equity issues recently , ’ said Fred Bombrum , French equities analyst at stockbroker Hoare Govett . |
| 6 | She has not seen much of Montparnasse recently , she confesses to her readers , she has been staying indoors ‘ nursing a sick wasp and writing a comic romance . |
| 7 | If anyone has not seen this before and would like a copy , please contact us . |
| 8 | For anyone that has not seen this effect , the lace carriage is set to ‘ F ’ and instead of taking one stitch off and transferring it to the next needle , the carriage ‘ hops ’ the stitch across from the one it is on and hooks it on to the next one . |
| 9 | There have been some new houses built in the last few years , but Ottringham is one of the few villages in Holderness which has not seen large housing developments taking place . |
| 10 | Robson , 35 , has not seen first-team action for five months due to hamstring and sciatica problems , but last Saturday he played 80 minutes of an A team game . |
| 11 | Cameron pretended not to see young Donald till he was close beside him , then turned in mock surprise and said to him , ‘ Well well , Donald — we had given you up . |
| 12 | Not famed for generosity when drawing up standard equipment lists , BMW has nevertheless seen fit to provide the SE with power steering , alloy wheels , electric front windows , central locking and tinted glass . |
| 13 | The government has nevertheless seen fit to give the new rules an official stamp by publishing them in its Journal Officiel , through which all new laws and decrees are promulgated . |
| 14 | There are over 150 and he has already seen all but 40 . |
| 15 | A series of shake-ups here has already seen two leading vendors , Georgia , Roswell-based , Computone Systems Inc and the UK firm Specialix Ltd , Byfleet , Surrey , reining back their operations in attempts to re-position themselves . |
| 16 | The Essex airport has already seen four flights bringing ex-detainees of the Serb-run camps and their families into Britain . |
| 17 | In a takeover campaign that has already seen vitriolic language , he responds to the charge that he is mounting the bid to enrich himself and his friends by saying : ‘ Nobody could take that as a criticism — this is an investor group . |
| 18 | This newly built shopping centre has already seen some of it 's customers go bust , leaving behind unlet premises . |
| 19 | This newly built shopping centre has already seen some of it 's customers go bust , leaving behind unlet premises . |
| 20 | As for commemorative musical events , some promoters jumped the gun by a year ; others have been so keen not to be upstaged that January has already seen dozens of concerts . |
| 21 | Third , the author has generally seen little or nothing of the actual restoration work , yet , once it is finished , presumes to assess it with unshakeable authority . |
| 22 | No-one has ever seen said film ( except David Quantick ) . |
| 23 | The idea of three comes as an abstraction from many sets of three objects : although no-one has ever seen three , children can see three cars , three people , three umbrellas , three miscellaneous objects , and so on , and eventually they will understand the ‘ threeness of three ’ . |
| 24 | ( Despite what they may say , everyone DOES believe in invisible things — no one doubts the existence of wind , electricity , love or toothache , even though no one has ever seen any of those things ! ) |
| 25 | Thailand , with one of the fastest growth rates in the world over the past 25 years , has also seen one of the most rapid declines in fertility , leading to better health and education for the country 's children . |
| 26 | Tideswell Dale has also seen some activity . |
| 27 | It could also be that for some of you 1988 has also seen some trouble , a bereavement perhaps , that has shaken you to the foundations . |
| 28 | I regret the fact that the hon. Member for Livingston saw fit not to answer the challenge that I laid down to him , just as he has not answered any of the challenges that I have laid down to him today , and that he has also seen fit to put the hon. Lady , on her first outing today , into a rather difficult position . |
| 29 | The signalman in his isolated box tells the narrator of an apparition he has now seen three times . |
| 30 | Mr Dale , further and higher education secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland , of which the ULA is part , declared : ‘ The principal has now seen fit to circulate our members with three publications , impugning my personal conduct and integrity , falsely representing the views of our association and grossly exaggerating the consequences of our action . |