Example sentences of "[adv] see a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sons have been booked in to see a speech therapist . |
| 2 | SHOCKED David Salt spent £700 on a dream garden — only to see a 20ft crater open up and swallow his flowers and lawn . |
| 3 | If you 've only seen a De Lorean car in the Back to the Future films then drop in at the old plant in Dunmurry on Saturday afternoon ( 3.30 ) where the dream machine was produced . |
| 4 | I 've only seen an ice cream van about four times since I 've been here . |
| 5 | Anybody who 's not a shrink ( or my wife ) only sees an ink blot when they look at one . |
| 6 | The Economist sensibly saw an electricity tax as a way of resolving this problem , but , with the Conservative opposition ready to taunt the Government with unfairly raising prices , the prospects of a rational price policy were not good . |
| 7 | I mean , my legs have rarely seen a Bic razor you know , I 'm gon na wear a pair of shorts in the summer , I might shave 'em , but I |
| 8 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 9 | She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out . |
| 10 | These counties had not seen a Forest Eyre for more than thirty years . |
| 11 | er , we 've already seen a press release which was put out as prompt step , what was your own view about what should be done after the Daily Telegraph article and it 's comments about ? |
| 12 | A friend who has just seen a Don Ameche movie informs the local doctor of the plot : ‘ He worked in his basement discovering things . |
| 13 | ‘ And if you can not see a Merkut hand behind what has happened , so are you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But when they meet me , they may not see a kind creature who has helped them . |
| 15 | BRITISH motorists must be grateful this festive time to three ladies who will not see a Christmas day lunch . |
| 16 | ‘ Unless it was for reasons other than cricket , one can not see an England team without his presence , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Undertakers rarely advertised , for theirs was — and remains — a trade where discretion took precedence over high-profile marketing and one would not see an undertaker publishing testimonials from satisfied customers . |
| 18 | We may soon see a nursery ABC frieze , which goes : A is for Aids , B is for Bondage , C is for Condom , D is for Deviancy , E is for Equality , F is for Feminism , G is for Gender Stereotyping , H is for Haringey , I is for Income Support , J is for Joyriding , K is for karma , L is for Liberalism , M is for Ms. , N is for New Age , O is for Outing , P is for Positive Discrimination , Q is for Questioning Authority , R is for Radical , S is for Single Parent , T is for Therapy , U is for Underprivileged , V is for Virtual Reality , W is for Wimmin , X is for Malcolm , Y is for Yoof and Z is for Zen . |
| 19 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |
| 20 | Are you really saying that you 'd rather see a rubbish tip than fairways ? ’ |
| 21 | Both Bryan Robson and Alex Ferguson said it was the best they had ever seen a Wimbledon side play — it makes a change to get credit when it 's due . ’ |
| 22 | In no other household had she ever seen a slop basin , and she hated to see an eccentricity erected into a symbol of the traditionally correct . |
| 23 | Have you ever seen a ration book ? |
| 24 | Have you ever seen a baby shiver ? |
| 25 | I do n't think he 'd ever seen a woman shop that fast ! ’ |
| 26 | And I never found any embarrassment there because there was I always saw the wom woman , you could always see a woman chemist . |
| 27 | The major Japanese computer manufacturers expect to report sharp declines in profits for fiscal 1993 , Associated Press reports from Tokyo : five companies — Hitachi Ltd , Toshiba Corp , Mitsubishi Electric Co , NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd are expected to report a combined 72% decline in profits , according to the Nippon Keizai Shimbun , the second consecutive drop in yearly earnings among the five firms , which collectively saw a 59% drop last year from the prior year ; NEC has revised its expected loss upwards to $370m from $77m forecast in November , Hitachi expects earnings to fall 33% to $733m , Fujitsu forecast its first loss at $8.6m , and Mitsubishi Electric expects a 30% fall in profit to $336m ; Sony Corp , NEC and Hitachi are considering raising export prices to compensate for a 6.5% appreciation of the yen against the dollar in the past month , which has begun to erode Japanese exporters ' profits . |
| 28 | The first time I ever saw a skinhead haircut & Crombie on the same person was in 1978 or 9 . |
| 29 | And I once saw a dancing bear when I was little . |
| 30 | It 's all done up in steel pins and scaffolding to hold it up , and I once saw a computer thing in a museum showing how it shudders when the trains go over . |