Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came back with scent bottles at £2.50 each , which I 've seen in British stores for over £50 . |
| 2 | I 've scoured the the technical professional press to find out if there is some general statement which sums up what sustainability means , and the one which I 've seen most commonly referred to , I think , and the government has used it in this way , is a requirement to ensure the needs of the present generation are met in a way which does not prejudice future generations , now I do not believe that a properly conceived and located new settlement is any less sustainable in the long term that other forms of urban growth , and by properly conceived I 've got to say I believe that to mean properly balanced er form of development for the new settlement , and I think I would say that new settlements have usually been proposed because continued infilling , like the the normal forms of accommodating further development requirements , infill , and peripheral development , have been determined in York context not to be sustainable , the sorts of issues which arise as a result erm of additional development in or on the edge of York and the surrounding villages , problems of additional congestion , loss of green space in towns , loss of employment opportunities and so on . |
| 3 | I happen to be embarking on a motoring trip during the course of which I hope to see many splendid views . |
| 4 | Susanna Wesley spoke with her daughter in October and prayed that she would be given true repentance , ‘ without which I desire to see her face no more ’ . |
| 5 | The children were very much like the angels of resurrection which I had seen over tombs . |
| 6 | The only occasions on which I had seen them in operation they had failed lamentably . |
| 7 | That was important , but much more important for me was the message that crofting , which I had seen as a hang-over , an anachronism , had enduring values I had not previously recognised . |
| 8 | He had the bogus Red Cross form which I had seen at Amsterdam on his lap . |
| 9 | We were talking about flowers and I mentioned the wild garlic which I had seen growing in Wiltshire . |
| 10 | A few days ago , when it had been snowing , I saw a group of Savoy cabbages standing frozen and benumbed , and it reminded me of a group of women in their thin petticoats and old shawls which I had seen standing in a little hot-water-and-coal shop early in the morning . ’ |
| 11 | She pointed to the sleek white pleasure yacht which I had seen lying at anchor at the foot of the small hill , and chaffed Baker , ‘ I always have the feeling he 'd rather be on the water than on dry land . |
| 12 | From this point you get one of the best views in the Dales : to your right , Dentdale , Whernside , the foot of Deepdale and Dent town itself ; to your left , northern Dentdale , Frostrow and the Howgills ; while below you are spread the patched and parcelled fields of the dale which , on this June day , were coloured a green the like of which I had seen before only in Ireland . |
| 13 | Sand was cleaner than water , the desert dead cleaner than the drowned dishevelled things which I had seen thrown up on shores . |
| 14 | Another function in London which I was able to attend was a lecture by Eliot at that same Group Theatre at which I had seen Sweeney Agonistes . |
| 15 | We were shown round the mills at Newcastle-under-Lyme and Preston , both of which I had seen before . |
| 16 | ‘ For me , I was in the place which I had seen on a globe as a girl — where the pin went through it ! |
| 17 | I am therefore not Christian not least for the sake of the kind of human relationships which I want to see flourish . |
| 18 | It is not a label which I want to see attached to the British economy . |
| 19 | There are a few things that have cropped up which I have to see to now . |
| 20 | On a more mundane level , I have felt delight in contemplating some phenomenon of nature which I have seen and felt with the emotions of a child when I have escaped from the prison house of our habitual thoughts . |
| 21 | There are mallards , teals , of which I have seen a few recently in the Camel estuary , always an abundance of moorhens and coots , and here and there the odd tern . |
| 22 | I would be very grateful for any information on this fish , which I have seen in other shops as Shark Catfish . |
| 23 | I can by no means sacrifice these to the carelessness into which I have seen very nice ladies sink when they become nurses . |
| 24 | Do they have the orientation programmes which I have seen in many of the local authority homes that I have visited in my constituency ? |
| 25 | And he sells me this fucking massive two two air rifle which you 've seen have n't you ? |
| 26 | We reproduce it here with their logo which you will seeing a lot of in the months ahead . |
| 27 | I 've instructed all those you wish to see to be available today , but it would be helpful if I could give them some idea of the order in which you wish to see them . ’ |
| 28 | There are various ways of using them one way , to look through which yo , which you have to see the light , you know , otherwise you wo n't see it ! |
| 29 | But since the examination is testing what skills you have developed over time , the passage is likely to be similar in some way to passages which you have seen . |
| 30 | Charlotte Campbell was more than delighted to have received a reply to her letter for the position of children 's nanny which she had seen advertised in The Times . |