Example sentences of "[pron] see the [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Will you take me to see the badger 's sett soon ? ’ said Oliver , driving a hard bargain . |
| 2 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
| 3 | Suddenly , in the moonlight , I saw the monster 's awful face looking at me . |
| 4 | I see the oak 's bride in the oak 's grasp . |
| 5 | Bent double , nipping to the car boot to get the drug bag , I see the car 's rear window has been bashed in ; broken glass shards cover the rear seat . |
| 6 | Only I see the gilgul 's nostrils flare , and the jawline sharpen . |
| 7 | Lest we forget Elektra 's 40th birthday , LENNY KAYE has put together a CD — which sees the label 's current roster ( Pixies , Mondays , etc ) the interpret the work of their predecessors . |
| 8 | Lest we forget Elektra 's 40th birthday , LENNY KAYE has put together a CD — which sees the label 's current roster ( Pixies , Mondays , etc ) the interpret the work of their predecessors . |
| 9 | And , if you were riding along the cliffs at Kinghorn , how on earth did you see the King 's corpse lying on the rocks below ? ’ |
| 10 | As a coalition of forces , how do you see the Forum 's future ? |
| 11 | In horror she saw the guerrilla 's hand go to the knife at his belt . |
| 12 | Then she saw the man 's face through the open mouth and immediately turned her head away so that she appeared to be looking at something of consuming interest outside the window . |
| 13 | She saw the man 's eyes , staring round the side of the dune towards the sea . |
| 14 | She saw the prince 's chamberlain lean out and speak to his waiting page . |
| 15 | In her mind 's eye she saw the assassin 's mouth open and close , and on them read the syllables of her name . |
| 16 | It sounded nonsense to Jinny , but she saw the boy 's face go pale . |
| 17 | She looked between his legs , but all was shadow there until he turned towards her and she saw the snake 's head loom . |
| 18 | Rosie handed the doll to her new employer , who when she saw the doll 's broken face flashed a look of pure hatred at the child before her . |
| 19 | Suddenly , to Sophie 's alarm , she saw the hippo 's mouth open again and his jaws close round Robert 's boot . |
| 20 | Her first impulse , therefore , when she saw the vicar 's sister-in-law , Penelope , walking from the underground station just in front of her was to hurry past and pretend she had n't seen her . |
| 21 | For from her mirror she saw the driver 's door of the Mercedes open and a tall , aristocratic man step out . |
| 22 | Then she saw the woman 's arms reach out from the doorway and pull the man back to her , and take him with her into the shadows again . |
| 23 | Sadly there is no description of the Princess at this period ; the only proper account of Roshanara to survive dates from very late on in her life ; it was written by Bernier , who saw the Princess 's marvellous train on its way from Delhi — perhaps from this garden — to Kashmir to escape the summer heat : |
| 24 | He is the only one who saw the monk 's face , by the altar lamp as they lifted the reliquary . |
| 25 | But they reckoned without the mood of the chairmen , who saw the committee 's proposal as an intolerable and misguided interference in the detail of their management policy . |
| 26 | Many Bank Assistant members who saw the Association 's Submission to the Labour Court commented that it contained a case which was irresistible . |
| 27 | Anyone who saw the woman 's silver-coloured Fiesta on Saturday or who may have seen the man thumbing a lift in the Northwich area , should contact Greater Manchester Police on 061 871 5050 . |
| 28 | Tilt your head up and you see the room 's ceiling , down and you see the floor . |
| 29 | So that basically is it how would we see the course 's structure I do n't think we 've got time to do that today I wanted really to just to throw some ideas with you good folks and get the benefit of your thoughts and experience so that I could go back to Napier and say this is what my committee says |
| 30 | One of these er , I suppose it 'd be a ballpoint or whatever you call it and this , I 've still got it , it says on the Queen Elizabeth , see , and er , you see , we said , we said , well never mind very much , we can have something a snack afterwards and so we stayed on there from eleven o'clock in the morning until three in the afternoon , you see , and er er and we were wandering around and we saw the dining room , we saw the captain 's table and er , you know it was , and , and then we looked along one deck , we were high up , and down below there were rows of , rows of lifeboats in case you see |