Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] see [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never seen Mum dance before , but she slipped out of her sandals and danced with Auntie Jean to the Jackson Five . |
| 2 | I 'd never seen sugar nor fruit . |
| 3 | Sheila Malanszak , whose house overlooks the sprawling factory at Castleford , West Yorkshire , said : ‘ I raced outside to see debris being hurled into neighbouring fields . |
| 4 | I called in to see Dad before coming here and while I was there an insurance investigator called Tom O'Neill came to see him . |
| 5 | We went in the Gra Grand just done the lounge at the Grand and when we had our first car and I went round to see mother and I said come on , we 'll go up to the , take you up to the Grand and have a drink . |
| 6 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 7 | Yes , but er I think that erm , before we champion er , or back er people like Mr Yeltsin and say that they rep represent progressive forces , I 'd like to be clear about where those forces see themselves going , because I do n't see nationalism as a progressive force in the er , in the last decade of the twentieth century , I think we need to be concentrating on those people who are trying to build a new international order rather than splitting things up in the Soviet Union in a way which may be catastrophic . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't see television as an institution , nor as a continuum of programming into which my work must be fitted . |
| 9 | Come on I do n't see smoke belting out the building , let us back in . |
| 10 | I do n't see eye to eye with Tod on all issues . |
| 11 | I do n't see training and playing almost full-time as pressure . |
| 12 | My Lord Mayor , can I just point out , I did n't see Councillor hand going in the air . |
| 13 | Maybe it was a good thing I did n't see Darrowby ; Helen 's home was near the bus route and I dropped off well short of the town . |
| 14 | I did n't see spite . |
| 15 | I did n't see baby Jordan |
| 16 | They brought him back as a Caretaker to General Manager and really I did n't see eye to eye with him . |
| 17 | In all the previous months , I had rarely seen land , never wanted to . |
| 18 | Statements such as , ‘ I did n't see it previously ’ ; ‘ I 've just noticed something new ’ ; I can see all sorts of things of interest which I had n't seen before' ; ‘ I was n't interested in that before … suddenly it has a very significant part to play ’ ; ‘ the painting is actually changing for me ’ ; ‘ I 'm just discovering it ’ ; ‘ I 've started now to appreciate … ‘ , abounded . |
| 19 | I had just seen Dad and another man carrying a tool box to safety when a loud shout from a policeman sent me scurrying back from my vantage point . |
| 20 | I had never seen water that was that blue . |
| 21 | I had never seen Squire Trelawney so near . |
| 22 | I 've seen , I 've I 've not seen brickwork like it . |
| 23 | Now I 've just seen traffic a long way down here , leading to Ella Park and Warren Lane , now I , I 've never been along here and I do n't know but I c coming up the road I saw cars down here |
| 24 | Ooh I 've just seen hand . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've scarcely seen daylight since we arrived … ’ |
| 26 | I 've never seen Puss in Boots . |
| 27 | I 've never seen Paper Moon |
| 28 | I 've never seen sword practice , ’ she answered . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never seen father as angry . |
| 30 | To be honest I 've never seen Parrot . |