Example sentences of "[noun] see [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not ant to see us make the same mistake in Iran as it might cost us much more if we did not move now " . |
| 2 | Frank saw me watching the sway of her buttocks as we trooped down a corridor . |
| 3 | Even those Tory Anglicans who welcomed William 's assistance had no desire to see him gain the Crown . |
| 4 | Jean 's innate strength of character saw her fight the condition that she knew to be taking over her life . |
| 5 | The boys ' draw was headed up by Barry Cowan ( Lancs ) , whose consistency on ground-strokes and swinging left handed service saw him reach the final with a semi final victory over Essex 's Matthew Coombs , until recently a member of the Dewhurst Academy . |
| 6 | In the ‘ society-as-parent ’ view , long-term , exclusive fostering would not necessarily be deplored , although there may be a wish to see it achieve the more secure legal status of custodianship or adoption . |
| 7 | Myddle parish saw nothing like the same rapid turnover of personnel . |
| 8 | In answer to the first question there is some evidence that initially there is a degree of opposition — staff see themselves losing the opportunity of sixth form teaching , parents , who often went to 11–18 schools themselves , regard them as a second best alternative . |
| 9 | ‘ Devilishly handsome ’ Des , gushes his press release , will set ‘ hearts reeling ’ when people see him put the kettle on in the second Nescafe ‘ Fresh Start ’ ad . |
| 10 | After he 'd missed yet another holeable putt , Patrick saw him lay the steel-shafted putter across his knee as if to break or spank it . |
| 11 | There was a sharp metallic click and as Dan stood up , Patrick saw him slip the heavy pistol back into his pocket . |
| 12 | England winger Andy Sinton bagged a glorious hat-trick but goalkeeper Neville Southall 's deliberate handball after 19 minutes saw him receive the first red card . |
| 13 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |
| 14 | David Strang , whose South African-based Glaswegian parents were in Toronto to see him become the first Briton to win a world indoors 1,500m medal , also has a connection with the Boyle squad . |
| 15 | In taking steps to tighten control over the peasantry and the zemstvos , the government saw itself consolidating the alliance between State and nobility . |
| 16 | ‘ Her friends saw her catch the bus and say she was behaving normally , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 17 | Thirty thousand spectators turned up at Lillie Bridge in London to see him run the mile against William Cummings of Paisley and in the return match George 's time of 4 min. 12.75 sec. was not beaten in Britain for forty-nine years . |
| 18 | Early stage shows saw them recreating the famous Iwo Jima flag-erecting ceremony , while the cover of their great ‘ One Nation Under A Groove ’ album took the American flag to new psychedelic heights , the red , white and blue coloured in all manner of drug-crazed hues . |
| 19 | He says that the spieler saw him hit the guy . |
| 20 | Running upstairs to the sitting-room window , he was in time to see her cross the road , staring up and down vaguely like a blind person . |
| 21 | Reid saw me examining the Eusol — an antiseptic used since the turn of the century — and chuckled . |