Example sentences of "[adv] see his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finished the glass of Kir and decided that he had better see his controller in person . |
| 2 | Nigel was paid for his work , but he hated not seeing his piece in print . |
| 3 | Turning to look at Millie again , she ended , ‘ But one always wants more : just to see His face in the night , not in plaster , in the flesh . |
| 4 | He 's been to say that Bernard has put his wrist out , and it being Danny 's day off he went for Bill , but Bill 's gone over to see his mother in Consett , so he says , what about it , sir ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We have already seen his effect on us . |
| 6 | Robert Bolt , the eminent playwright who had produced A Man For All Seasons and had just seen his screenplay for Lawrence of Arabia completed , wanted Ken for a Puck-like part for his forthcoming play , Gentle Jack . |
| 7 | The present arrangements , under which a defending barrister will often not see his client until the morning of the trial , is unsatisfactory in the extreme . |
| 8 | But Birch is a modest man , despite his immodest ideas , and would not see his book as any more than a starter . |
| 9 | His friends could not see his face in the dark . |
| 10 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 11 | It seemed an age before I finally saw his collection of Sabatiers on the wall by the cooker . |
| 12 | Jonathan Ripman , mitigating , said Youds , who had no previous motoring convictions , had been rushing home to see his family in Liverpool . |
| 13 | One such gillie , towards the end of his career , carried out his duties more by instinct than by reason : he had always been shortsighted , but , nearing retirement , he could hardly see his hand in front of his face . |
| 14 | An exhibtion of his work is on at the Midlands Arts Gallery and you can also see his work at the Malvern Festival at the end of May . |
| 15 | But Elaine 's temper flared when she spotted Mr Friend in his Merc with a woman — and later saw his car outside her house late at night . |
| 16 | Nick was walking in the garden with his father-in-law , a tall , lean , bald-headed Scot who had flown down to London for a couple of days and come out to see his daughter between one business appointment and another . |
| 17 | Without so much as a glance back to see his reaction to such an abrupt departure , Isabel scurried to the postern , yanked it open , and fled . |
| 18 | I nearly fell over him and he turned round , but I did n't really see his face in the dark , or if I did , I blocked it out I was so scared . |
| 19 | I often see his picture in literary magazines . |
| 20 | There was even a suggestion that I was one of Juval Aviv 's sources for the Interfor Report , although I had never met the man or even seen his report at that point . |
| 21 | He had n't seen his uncle since Friday and they had no idea where he was . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The state some of these old boys let their bodies get into , old Fred there ai n't seen his dick for ten years . ’ |
| 23 | I could n't see his expression in the dimness , only that he was still looking at Russell . |
| 24 | He is ‘ a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face , and with very grey hair disordered on his head , as if he did n't quite see his way to putting anything straight ’ , but kind and honest . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've not yet seen his name on the lists . |
| 26 | He grew up that day , and never again saw his father as a being who could do anything and was never at a loss . |
| 27 | But he 'd stood up well to that first interview , hindered rather than helped by the presence of his solicitor , who had never seen his client before and had made it painfully apparent that he would prefer never to see him again . |
| 28 | Phil Allman , Service Manager at Pest Control London North , never sees his name in print although he contributes regularly to this publication . |
| 29 | The employee therefore see his involvement in a union , or support for his union , to be the best means of securing his personal objectives ( eg. through extra pay or shorter working hours ) or the employee may consider that his own goals would be furthered better by loyalty to senior managers in the organisation and acceptance of the organisation 's goals . |