Example sentences of "[vb mod] see [pn reflx] in " in BNC.

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1 It is only in the pursuit of important goals that he may see himself in a negative light , and only during the recurrence of situations similar to the childhood loss that brought the negative schema into existence .
2 He liked the boy , could see himself in Michael .
3 Li Shai Tung stared at the urbane , highly-sophisticated man standing at his side and laughed briefly , bemused that Shepherd could see himself in that brutal portrait .
4 He could see himself in the garden with Fraulein Simonis , investigating those dark eyes at closer quarters .
5 The bell-lamp in the passage looked as clear as a soap-bubble ; you could see yourself in all the tables , and French-polish yourself on any one of the chairs .
6 ‘ I had the kitchen stove which was nothing but steel : I had to do that down every morning till you could see yourself in it ; and whiten the hearth .
7 She tended to be over-indulgent with Victoria , partly because she could see herself in the child and partly too , in some perverse fashion , to make up for what she considered to be her own harsh upbringing under Jonadab 's strict rules .
8 Can I argue and persuade for moderation , when every baron along the march will see himself in Grey 's shoes ?
9 Useful for ro∘le-playing — students can see themselves in situation when the VTR is played back .
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