Example sentences of "[adv] see his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finished the glass of Kir and decided that he had better see his controller in person . |
| 2 | The present arrangements , under which a defending barrister will often not see his client until the morning of the trial , is unsatisfactory in the extreme . |
| 3 | But Birch is a modest man , despite his immodest ideas , and would not see his book as any more than a starter . |
| 4 | His friends could not see his face in the dark . |
| 5 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 6 | One such gillie , towards the end of his career , carried out his duties more by instinct than by reason : he had always been shortsighted , but , nearing retirement , he could hardly see his hand in front of his face . |
| 7 | An exhibtion of his work is on at the Midlands Arts Gallery and you can also see his work at the Malvern Festival at the end of May . |
| 8 | I nearly fell over him and he turned round , but I did n't really see his face in the dark , or if I did , I blocked it out I was so scared . |
| 9 | I could n't see his expression in the dimness , only that he was still looking at Russell . |
| 10 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |