Example sentences of "[noun sg] we [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was reminded of Isidora whose mummy we had seen at Tuna el-Gebel and of a recurring paradox , destruction by the forces of creation . |
| 2 | In the house example , we can choose the order in which we see the parts of the building but we surely can not see occluded portions , and we surely can not look up to see a thatched roof — because that 's the kind of roof we want to see — when the roof is tiled . |
| 3 | Prior to erm Uruguay round negotiations , agriculture was always excluded from the negotiations right , whereas manufactured goods have been in there from the start , and as a result we 've seen a reduction in tariffs right , on manufactured goods that 's not to say that erm , protectionism on manufactured goods has fallen , it has in certain cases but not in all cases . |
| 4 | As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets . |
| 5 | In this chapter we have seen that growth is an inherent characteristic of both the Kingdom and the Church . |
| 6 | ‘ They just try and make the criminal more fearful of crime but more laws do not mean less crime we have seen that with all their previous measures . |
| 7 | We should make the point that the violence we have seen on film ( from films refused a certificate , or cut before the film could be certified ) far exceeds in nastiness anything likely to be seen on television . |
| 8 | The marked language of the Miller 's Tale , swyve and pisse , is found again in the Reeve 's Tale ; fartynge is not named as such in the Reeve 's Tale , but is included with a circumlocution that uses a marked term we have seen in the Shipman 's Tale : The miller 's boast : is no doubt intended to be simply proverbial , but has a richly ironic meaning in light of the " beard " that Absolon finds upon obtaining his kiss from Alison ( 3730 – 43 ) . |
| 9 | In our practice we have seen two separate outbreaks of strangles recently . |
| 10 | From the photograph of the crash we had seen that the demolished house was on the corner of a small lane , and although the house had been rebuilt , when we arrived at the place the position was easily identified . |
| 11 | We 'd decided to have a ploughman 's lunch or some such at a likely-looking pub we 'd seen in the next village . |
| 12 | By lunch we had seen an all-run six for Mike Atherton . |
| 13 | The house was built in 1573 by the sculptor Leone Leoni , ( an example of whose work we have seen in the Duomo ) . |
| 14 | The only management we have seen to date has been with the aid of a chainsaw ! |
| 15 | Poor Mary , Charles 's daughter who was buried at Catherine Hill in 1779 , was to share a similar fate with many Titfords of the period — a fate we have seen before . |
| 16 | As we read the correspondence we seem to see Dorothy growing out of the gushing flibbertigibbet that she was in 1909 into a person altogether more substantial . |
| 17 | Since Hick 's elevation to the Test team we 've seen England share the most successful series against West Indies in the last nine , win a series against New Zealand for the first time in four attempts , win a Test match against Pakistan for the first time in 10 years , and , for good measure , reach the World Cup final . |
| 18 | Professionalism We have seen how public sector organisations are made up of professional groups and have briefly discussed their importance for organisations . |
| 19 | The whole business of colour is one that Illustrator 88 addresses in greater detail than any other current package we 've seen . |
| 20 | Dawn broke as we reached Trujillo , the only decent-looking town we had seen since leaving Lima . |
| 21 | Week after week , year after year , the economic failures of the Tories are apparent and every day of the failure we have seen the most valued assets , the people of this country , bear the blame and pay the price . |
| 22 | So in the past few years since Big Bang we have seen dealers chasing every hare , especially since dealing volumes declined and firms have been more desperate to do business . |
| 23 | Over the same period we have seen 423 patients with DU associated with H pylori infection . |
| 24 | We 've become better at making money in sluggish trading conditions and are making the most of the patchy recovery we 've seen in some of our markets . |
| 25 | ‘ The recovery we have seen in confidence rests , above all , on one crucial foundation the dramatic progress we have made in reducing inflation . ’ |
| 26 | This evening we have seen the old familiar Labour party of intervention , protectionism and high prices . |
| 27 | All things being equal , the fall in sterling we have seen ought to add 6%-7% to quoted company earnings in a year . |
| 28 | ‘ Now you 're one of our little band we had to see you . |
| 29 | We are nation builders , consecrated to God and to one another , and are ourselves stones in the very building we wish to see raised by the Divine Architect of our country . |
| 30 | Without social interaction we begin to see life 's problems out of proportion . |