Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] see [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They can be found on the shaft of the penis and on the glans , but their predilection for a damp and warm environment makes them most often seen under the foreskin .
2 My talk , if you so wish to interpret it , is a reaction to the somewhat sterile presentation of the language which I so often see in textbooks and curriculum documents .
3 If you know someone like that , it 's worth observing and studying his or her use of language , manner , and what his body language says to you , even if it is someone you only ever see on television .
4 As we climbed higher the jungle became more marshy and exotic , with the sort of plants you usually only see as plastic decorations .
5 When the snow clears a little , I 'll drive you up there to see for yourself .
6 Have you actually ever seen round this place properly ?
7 This wagtail is the one most commonly seen in Shetland on migration , and is distinguished from the race breeding in southern parts of Britain by having a grey rather than a black back .
8 While I will grant you that it beats filing for the Inland Revenue , it is a suitcase existence and no matter how glamorous the location of the meeting we very rarely see beyond the airport , the hotel and the stadium .
9 The sense of its otherness , he wrote , just as I wanted it , an alien object , one never before seen on our planet , not quite animal , not quite mineral , not quite vegetable , yet familiar , familiar .
10 It was something very rarely seen in Britain , or in other democracies : an emergency government — or , in Hoare 's words , ‘ an emergency Committee of public Safety ’ , formed for a specific purpose , and intended to last for a specific period of time .
11 However , they often only saw through their own lenses the magnified fist of authority , threatening to smash camera and photographer .
12 He not only saw off no-confidence motions , but won the Congress round to supporting direct elections for an executive presidency .
13 As Johnston said , it was bad luck on Dave Millard who had begun brilliantly and who , though eventually submerged by force of circumstances , had still shown Johnston a player he evidently never saw in Australia .
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