Example sentences of "[coord] see [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dreaded her reaction : seeing her wriggle and flick her tail and swim away in a sea of lies — or seeing her pop like a burst balloon . |
| 2 | From Friday evening to Tuesday , he was at Shamley Green , and although he tried to avoid visiting people or seeing his neighbours his weekends were often occupied , which meant that a fortnight might elapse before he could get on with his own work . |
| 3 | The purpose for living could have been revenge , to build a new homeland , or to see their family . |
| 4 | The leaders would now have to resign , to change their policy , or to see their policy rejected by Lancashire Unionists early in the new year . |
| 5 | The client had wanted either custody or to see his child every day . |
| 6 | I shifted my weight on to my other foot , looked around the landing and up the stairs , half-expecting to see my father leaning over the banister rail , or to see his shadow on the wall of the landing above , where he thought he could hide and listen to my phone calls without me knowing . |
| 7 | In photography , I tend to work with clients who 've heard me talk or seen my work , so they know my agenda . |
| 8 | ‘ As the Sun now recognises , the publication did cause personal offence to the Queen but it also caused offence amongst those who prefer to hear or see Her Majesty 's Christmas Message for the first time on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 9 | In the recessionary 1970s , most governments were turned out at elections or saw their share of electoral support fall . |
| 10 | ‘ During the campaign I never watched telly or saw my family and I never really knew what was going on in the election , ’ said his brother Andrew , 26 . |
| 11 | Perhaps I heard a sound or saw his shadow moving , I do n't know . |
| 12 | Instead of only seeing Angelica Kauffman 's history paintings as part of a neoclassical revival and a feature of 18th century history painting , might a psychoanalytical-cum-anthropological approach allow us to see a pattern of latent meanings , around themes of abandonment , grief , mourning or see her dramatisation of women 's complex relations to emotional and civic loyalties ? |
| 13 | After 1999 , Aegon will be able to inject any amount of new capital and should this be approved by the voting trust — which must be likely should it wish to generate more profits through business growth for the with-profits policyholders — then the with-profits fund must match Aegon 's injections ( which must be considered unlikely given the huge resources Aegon has access to ) or see its stake in the company diluted . |
| 14 | If you use secret gestures , such as hiding your papers or holding them to you , people will assume you have something to hide : use open ones and they will not try to read your notes or see your papers . |
| 15 | It 's , oh yeah call now on that 's what you 'll have to ri ing , the central or see your agent . |
| 16 | ‘ John , you 're not trying ! ’ and you look at your feet in the mirror , ugly , unable to do the things which you want them to do , or see your body collapse in the middle when you know that it should be firm and rigid — and see them all , even the children , doing something , following what you can not follow . |
| 17 | Contact our Customer relations dept on 01 267 7044 for further information or see your ABTA travel agent . |
| 18 | So I used to say to each crowd : ‘ Look , when you see me or see my inspector , move to the kerb and stay there . |
| 19 | Mr Stott 's workshop was actually on the Roman Wall and every time I cast , or see my rod bend in anger , I am reminded of my beautiful Northumberland home . |
| 20 | Magistrate Roger Davies , ordered the teenager to live with her parents as a condition of bail and to see her child only under the supervision of local social services . |
| 21 | And if they are to develop critical abilities , and to see their work in a wider perspective , that too must be built into the curriculum and not just expected to happen . |
| 22 | National market research organisations such as the British Market Research Bureau and JICNARS ( Joint Industry Committee for National Readership Surveys ) , which are dealt with in a later chapter , code their surveys by ACORN to enable the advertiser to identify titles whose profiles best match his own , and to see what share of this target market that title reaches . |
| 23 | Despite these problems , manorial court rolls provide a great deal of information that is of use to the genealogist and they enable the family historian to gain insights into how the local society in which his ancestors lived was administered and to see what disputes arose . |
| 24 | ‘ There is no need to be ashamed , ’ he said to himself , getting up off the bed and making his way to the door to see what his native Forest looked like in daylight and to see what sort of world it was where a man could be free and alone and full of shame . |
| 25 | The idea was to take a person who was in excellent nutritional shape and consuming a good , better than average diet without taking any vitamin or mineral supplements , who was a non-smoker and moderate consumer of alcohol , sugar , tea , coffee and chocolate ; and to see what effect consuming the national average amount of alcohol , cigarettes , sugar , tea , coffee and chocolate would do to this fine healthy specimen . |
| 26 | The aim is to document the overall extent of distributional change in Britain , to examine whom is most affected by it , and to see what aspects of taxation and social security contribute most to it . |
| 27 | Given agreed formulae and atomic weights , the Periodic Table was waiting to be discovered ; Mendeleev 's contribution was to stake his reputation on it , and to see its power . |
| 28 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
| 29 | Joyce has now learned to honour her father 's memory and to see his worth . |
| 30 | I am full of gratitude to Thee that Thou hast deemed me worthy to take part in this festival with Thee , and to see Thy works , and to understand Thy governance . ’ |