Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do I appreciate that I have to lead my group to see the story as symbol ? |
| 2 | ‘ I discussed the matter with my wife and signed a contract straight away — without my wife seeing the house . |
| 3 | I do n't want to think about it ; I do n't want those puzzled eyes locked on my face seeing the madness spilling out of me . |
| 4 | When my mother saw the room , her jaw dropped . |
| 5 | As soon as my mother saw the train on its way , we took the renowned Edinburgh cable car to a photographer at Piershill to have my very first picture taken , which was a shouted instruction as my father disappeared into the darkness of a Princes Street tunnel and the acrid smoke of what I was told to be a " Puffing Billy " . |
| 6 | She alerts the reader in her introduction to what she finds offensive in these genteel concoctions of tea and adultery : … if a comic charlady obtrudes upon the action of a real novel , I will fling the novel against the wall amidst a flood of obscenities because the presence of such a character as a comic charlady tells me more than I wish to know about the way her creator sees the world . |
| 7 | Peasants might share their longing to see the abolition of taxes and noble landownership , but they could make little of the more visionary socialist elements of the young radicals ' propaganda , or indeed of their attacks on the revered Tsar . |
| 8 | Moreover , for all its reluctance to see the emergence of a proletariat detached from the land , the government became more and more firmly convinced of the need to encourage manufacture . |
| 9 | She received a charming welcome from Monique Lavaux , and a boisterous one from Marie-Christine , who promptly dragged her off to her room to see the wedding dress she was making for herself , in fold after fold of shimmering ivory brocade . |
| 10 | She must toss her head to see the lake clear again , and the action recalled how differently she had felt on the day when she skated there with Edwin Frere and Tom . |
| 11 | Nothing could happen until the evening , but then Lucy got her chance to see the inside of Charlie 's office much sooner than she 'd expected . |
| 12 | When her father saw the evidence of this sin he condemned her to death . |
| 13 | When they came into the light her mother saw the child 's face covered in blood and felt faint . |
| 14 | Perhaps his most inspired piece is the saga of Cosmo , the fairly accurate knife thrower , whose failure to see the point makes him the sharpest act in town . |
| 15 | But , equally , his determination to see the job through to the end is typical of Ulster true grit in the face of naked terror . |
| 16 | A YOUNG council worker , who quit his job to see the world with his fiancee , died in a boating accident yesterday . |
| 17 | When one has told a friend about a stage performance or some media utterance that one feels he should go to see , one has performed that work to the friend and partly negated his need to see the work for himself . |
| 18 | They were silent on the way back , walking to cool the horses ; if his father saw the state they were in he would be angry . |
| 19 | The laibon says that his father saw the sense in it . |
| 20 | Gabriel popped up out of his barrel to see the brawl which was just beginning when suddenly everyone froze , as if a wizard had cast a spell over them . |
| 21 | His tenure saw the gallery grow from a provincial treasure house to a world-renowned showcase which challenged the Metropolitan as the country 's most prestigious venue . |
| 22 | The early years of his tenure saw the creation under Ida Ward [ q.v. ] of the first department of the languages and cultures of Africa in a British university , and the successful negotiation of the school 's removal from the City of London to Bloomsbury . |
| 23 | Both the coroner and his companion saw the chain fastened to the wall strain at its clasps . |
| 24 | 507 , which involved the identification of the driver of a car , counsel submitted that the trial judge should have granted his application to see the statement of the Crown witness who had given the police a description of the driver . |
| 25 | ‘ He may have a slight tear in his cartilage , and he will be going home so that a probe can be inserted into his knee to see the extent of the damage and what needs to be done . |
| 26 | ‘ Marler was on his way to see the chief on Dartmoor . |
| 27 | They were also indebted to Southwood forward Steve Lynch who , having found himself through of goal , looked over his shoulder to see the linesman 's flag raised and tapped the ball back to Gardner . |
| 28 | If someone had gone home after 55 minutes when we were well on top and switched on his TV to see the score , he would have thought someone was playing a joke . ’ |
| 29 | when you first saw the house for the very , very first time and when your wife saw the house , what was the reaction ? |
| 30 | For YOUR chance to see the action just phone this number 0891 111 993 . |