Example sentences of "see they " in BNC.
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1 | Letting people see them at work . |
2 | You should see them — they were ringing the Castle round when I came away , and making themselves fires for the night on Cnoc na Lude across the Tilt . |
3 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
4 | Now it is frequently said that the development of skilled movement ‘ lags ’ a long way behind that of skilled perception , and in one sense this is certainly true : young babies have excellent visual acuity as revealed by their behavioural discrimination of , and neural responsivity , to gratings and chequerboards — but we do n't see them playing darts ! |
5 | In one , the infant 's mother was placed behind a clear screen so that the male and infant could see her and she could see them . |
6 | Christ knows if and when I will see them again . ’ |
7 | I wondered as I waved , ‘ Shall I ever see them again ? |
8 | The criminal classes are so close to us that even the policeman can see them . |
9 | About the only place you could see them was on the scrap heap . |
10 | You should come and see them |
11 | In another language where mother 's brothers and father 's brothers are referred to by different words we would see them as different kinds of relatives . |
12 | Just as my son entered our room I could see them , seven or eight hefty white boys entering through the door downstairs . |
13 | For seven years I did n't see them . |
14 | As surely as if he could see them actually arriving , see them now , he pictured the stolen lorries driven in . |
15 | At first I could n't see them , but when I heard a little quack I had a close look and saw them all there huddled together and trying to keep warm . |
16 | Often we do n't see them . |
17 | After my lunch , I thought it better to go down and see them and to show my interest . |
18 | For Betty and Trevor Lee of Stevenage , Hertfordshire , yesterday 's decision should see them recoup just over £10,000 out of the £12,000 investment in Barlow Clowes International . |
19 | They say I must come and see them on their new organic farm — more land , less house , says Johnson . |
20 | He could n't see them . |
21 | ‘ Can I see them ? , |
22 | And she was stooping ; she did n't see them . |
23 | On the other hand , he thought , if they did see them , most of the girls were too tactful to say anything . |
24 | Whenever possible he selected ones that contained pieces on the menopause and left them lying around where his wife could see them . |
25 | ‘ So you can see them . |
26 | I can see them there as in a picture when , for the last time , arthritis having finally prevailed , they sat quietly together in the sun contemplating a magnificent crop of potatoes spread out to dry — the final gift of that bounteous old garden . |
27 | Those who were safely beached on the shore of prosperity had the option of giving the credit to Providence , or arrogating it to themselves ; as they regarded those less fortunate ones who were struggling in the water , they could see them as victims of their own improvidence or of God 's ineluctable decree . |
28 | The woods and walks surrounding the old Sussex manor house are peopled by children who died young ; the visitor , who is the narrator , is aware of them , but can not actually see them ; his hostess , who is vividly aware of the children 's presence , is blind . |
29 | ‘ I can see them from here , ’ I explained . |
30 | ‘ How is it I ca n't see them when I drink that wine , then ? ’ |