Example sentences of "[adv] see a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sons have been booked in to see a speech therapist . |
| 2 | I 've only seen an ice cream van about four times since I 've been here . |
| 3 | Anybody who 's not a shrink ( or my wife ) only sees an ink blot when they look at one . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Now I was impressed : I not seen a ski hill like this before . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | These counties had not seen a Forest Eyre for more than thirty years . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | A friend who has just seen a Don Ameche movie informs the local doctor of the plot : ‘ He worked in his basement discovering things . |
| 10 | ‘ And if you can not see a Merkut hand behind what has happened , so are you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But when they meet me , they may not see a kind creature who has helped them . |
| 12 | BRITISH motorists must be grateful this festive time to three ladies who will not see a Christmas day lunch . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When he stood up he could just see a fire engine as if on the high seas diving and heaving towards him . |
| 16 | Are you really saying that you 'd rather see a rubbish tip than fairways ? ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Have you ever seen a ration book ? |
| 19 | Have you ever seen a baby shiver ? |
| 20 | I do n't think he 'd ever seen a woman shop that fast ! ’ |
| 21 | And I never found any embarrassment there because there was I always saw the wom woman , you could always see a woman chemist . |
| 22 | The first time I ever saw a skinhead haircut & Crombie on the same person was in 1978 or 9 . |
| 23 | And I once saw a dancing bear when I was little . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I once saw a science fiction movie about time-travellers in the future ; towards the end of the film the whole story is speeded up and re-run in about two minutes . |
| 26 | In them days horses were they were all working hors , driving horses you hardly ever see a riding horse . |
| 27 | You hardly ever see a motor cyclist these days you know unless he 's got an L plate up of course you ca n't get passed because of the erm |
| 28 | I 'd also seen a probation person . |
| 29 | A married 27-year-old estate agent said : ‘ Most people here have probably seen a sex film — most of the guys there have 12 inch dicks , if you want to put it crudely . ’ |
| 30 | There was , nevertheless , an unusually large crowd , including one or two golf journalists who rarely saw a golf course . |