Example sentences of "[pron] see [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first met John Hurt in 1977 , when he was in Devon filming The Shout , I saw at first hand how much he drank . |
| 2 | Thus I saw at first hand the developing excitement within the scientific community on two continents as thousands of us changed research programmes literally overnight and attempted to replicate the phenomenon . |
| 3 | I saw at first hand what a regressive prison regime does to prisoners . |
| 4 | ‘ I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’ |
| 6 | I had an image of GLF existing through meeting people and talking to them , but the only physical evidence I saw at that time was badges saying GLF . |
| 7 | I took my early ones in black and white , but the later ones I took in colour and er I saw to one side of Orion what looked like the Plough . |
| 8 | To say that an object which I see with perfect indifference makes an impression upon my mind is not , as I apprehend , good English … |
| 9 | As I sit on the bus going westward I realize this could be the last I see of this manor . |
| 10 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 11 | I see from this school report you 've shown me it said there were fifty seven in your class |
| 12 | Carunculate seeds are perceived by ants , which see in ultraviolet light , because the caruncle reflects ultra-violet light , the fluorescent compound probably being a phenolic . |
| 13 | Thailand is at its most vibrant during major festivals such as the lively New Year celebrations , which see in each year with beauty parades , dancing and water throwing . |
| 14 | Well I do n't think we need to , the jury need read them now but they 're there and available for you to see in due course yes . |
| 15 | Who else do you see as holding responsibility for training ? |
| 16 | But how many do you see in this village , señorita ? ’ |
| 17 | What do you see in this room ? |
| 18 | We are a mystery to ourselves , and it is only God who sees into this mystery , knowing us completely . |
| 19 | There was no competition here , no assumed superiority on the part of another to make her uneasy or defensive , only what she saw as shared experience , delightful in retrospect . |
| 20 | Midge protested at what she saw as bureaucratic interference in what should have been a private grief . |
| 21 | She saw with some dismay that his expression had grown sombre . |
| 22 | She saw at first hand the imperialist arrogance of the British in her mother country , aptly illustrated by the signs in the parks which baldly stated ‘ no dogs or Chinese allowed ’ . |
| 23 | And as Fabia gasped at the implication she saw behind that statement Lubor was going on , ‘ It is I who asks you , for myself . |
| 24 | God alone knows what she saw in that brute . |
| 25 | He remarked , " I got rid of what you saw in that hole out there . |
| 26 | The trouble with the slogan , survival of the fittest , is that it gives the impression that evolution is all about creating a kind of super race , you know , like you saw in Nazi propaganda films , you know , blonde erm muscly beasts as it were , who were the th the sort of pinnacles of , of , of creation . |
| 27 | Such exclusivity was viewed with horror by mainstream credal Calvinists such as Whitgift , who saw in such elitism the seeds of a subversive and divisive separatism which might threaten the very existence of a national church . |
| 28 | It is difficult to discount the evidence that Protestant theology provided important resources for those who saw in experimental science the key to human progress . |
| 29 | Idealism has its roots in the writings of the eighteenth-century philosopher Immanuel Kant , who saw in universal adherence to the rule of law the possibility of global peace . |
| 30 | Er I wanted to talk to Jim Bowen you see about this quiz show host ought to be a a little nicer than they are and apparently his answer machine is on at home . |