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

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1 The disinterested passions compel me to see from other viewpoints , but also blind me to the equality of viewpoints .
2 It 's like this film I seen about these penguins — you know , how they all lived together on this island , and they was loads of them , all jammed together .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 I saw at first hand what a regressive prison regime does to prisoners .
6 I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
7 I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 And names I saw on printed lists , quotas , manifests .
11 ( The only failures at innovation that I saw in high-tech firms occurred when the manager thought he or she already had so much power that coalition building was unnecessary . )
12 To say that an object which I see with perfect indifference makes an impression upon my mind is not , as I apprehend , good English …
13 As I sit on the bus going westward I realize this could be the last I see of this manor .
14 Between them , I see through large holes to moist saffron earth a few feet below .
15 It does n't happen , and students are the poorer because the compounds that I see as old friends are more like enemies to them .
16 And and I see in two weeks .
17 ‘ Such belief as I have — I see in those symbols . ’
18 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 .
19 I see from this school report you 've shown me it said there were fifty seven in your class
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Who else do you see as holding responsibility for training ?
24 But how many do you see in this village , señorita ? ’
25 What do you see in this room ?
26 We are a mystery to ourselves , and it is only God who sees into this mystery , knowing us completely .
27 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 .
28 Midge protested at what she saw as bureaucratic interference in what should have been a private grief .
29 She saw with some dismay that his expression had grown sombre .
30 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 ’ .
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