Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | No — she was presumably seeing to the food and Rupert did n't look the kind of man who would be good at arranging flowers . |
2 | I had a very good man in to see to the heating and lighting , and the whole conversion was done professionally . |
3 | It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in . |
4 | Unlike the trams , they are only seen during the summer season . |
5 | As of mid-January , there was 50 per cent more over the northern hemisphere than Antarctica — hitherto seen as the focus of ozone depletion . |
6 | This is clearly enough seen in the case of differing individuals , and also in that of differing cultures . |
7 | They can obviously see in the future |
8 | Mrs Nicholas Beaumont , whose husband is Clerk of the Course , and whom I only saw in the distance ; Mr and Mrs Oliver Sherwood , Major and Mrs Peter Wiggin , Mr and Mrs Tim Dawson , Mr Harry Middleton , Mrs Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie , Colonel and Mrs Tommy Wallis , and their daughter Mrs Charles Baker ; Mr and Mrs John Guest , Mrs Tom Scott , Mr Peter Dimmock , and Mrs George Beeby . |
9 | When painting Cornish scenes Minton had been aware of the precedent set by Christopher Wood and The Times rightly saw in The Harbour an attempt to translate a Christopher Wood theme ‘ into the tragic idiom of modern painters ’ . |
10 | The arrest was widely seen as the response of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamed to the PBS 's defection from the ruling coalition before the October 1990 elections [ see pp. 37780-81 ] ; the PBS had won a comfortable majority in the Sabah Assembly [ see p. 37612 ] . |
11 | At the top she was luckily seen by the farmer , who came striding to meet her , letting out an exclamation as he saw that the object in her arms was one of his lambs . |
12 | As you walk through the streets of Funchal , particularly the small , narrow , side streets , you can see many artisans practising crafts now rarely seen in the mass-production economies of northern Europe and North America . |
13 | It was a woodcock , a bird rarely seen in the open . |
14 | A world little seen by the West until now and on view at Galerie Carla Stützer until 31 October is that of Czech photography of the 1930s and '40s , by photographers Feyfar , Chochola , Medkovà , Novák , Lehovec , Berka and Reichmann , all of whom ( except Reichmann ) are still living and working , and many of whom attended the opening in September . |
15 | This tendency not to see beyond the individual and his or her legal specialism that has been used before , to the other service available in the firm , is an old-established one — ‘ although , ’ said , ‘ I had hoped we were starting to get past that ’ . |
16 | ‘ Now I know what else it was Dr Iverson did when he went through to see to the claret before dinner . ’ |
17 | She passed within a few feet of an arrow slit from which a light showed , but she was too far away to see into the room where the verderers were . |
18 | It 's Iris 's turn to call us really but , but I , I did think about Iris earlier and I should really phone just to see how your dad is , Bobby because it 's really up to her just to see about the weekend and much times that I 've phoned the hospital recently . |
19 | Midst a lot of no-balls , which helped no end , they picked their way though the furious gunfire , finding the odd boundary , encouraging each other , and finally seeing off the follow-on a ball before tea . |
20 | Then over to see about the feed stores . |
21 | The rout of German self-opinion meant that while Britain , France , Holland and Belgium were busy shaking off the last vestiges of feudal restraint in order to industrialise , the Prussian reaction to defeat was to define their contribution to the world as Kultur — a commodity that was best seen as the absence of change . |
22 | The relationship between the Review and Scrutiny is best seen within the context of the general reception given in the former journal to modernism , and especially to T. S. Eliot . |
23 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
24 | It 's not just that he has withdrawn from the business of running a diocese , or that he walks abroad a great deal at night but is scarcely seen during the day , or that he often wo n't accept phone calls . |
25 | And what emerged from the response to the article is that reincarnation is no longer seen as the domain of cranks and weirdos . |
26 | Whilst it could only be considered such with the wisdom of hindsight , it was nevertheless seen at the time as a geographically limited episode of a much wider-ranging struggle . |
27 | His wealth made him one of the principal paymasters of the English Catholic community , and in political circles he was generally seen as the leader of Catholic opinion . |
28 | The event will feature beers from many small East Anglian breweries plus rare beers not normally seen in the area , real ciders , hot and cold food , souvenir glass plus entertainment most evenings . |
29 | Used in this way , a chart would probably be more effective because it may be larger and more easily seen at the back of the class . |
30 | Generally , one topic merges into another , and it may not be easily seen at the time that a change of topic has occurred . |