Example sentences of "[conj] see [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends . |
| 2 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 3 | I had heard something about it once or seen it on a map , but I could remember nothing definite . |
| 4 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 5 | Or see them through an abortion , |
| 6 | Read it as an entertaining mock gothic tale , or see it as a celebration of Scottish pride and of feminism , and a condemnation of the return to Victorian values . |
| 7 | Male behaviour is so normative that we ordinarily think of celibacy as meaning that men are to leave women alone , rather than seeing it as a positive step women take to make a non sexually-active community together . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're looking for people with enthusiasm that see it as an exciting career and really want to do the job , ’ enthuses Mr Queen . |
| 9 | It was also a pleasant break from air-travel to go by road from Agra to Delhi , and to see something of the country . |
| 10 | Because to see someone is to see them as a human being and to see them as a human being is to acknowledge them as such . |
| 11 | He was unexpectedly a man of great gaiety and to see him at a dance was an absolute delight . |
| 12 | The only exception to this rule was Uncle Jack , who clearly had his sights set on several more whiskies when Charlotte insisted , at Ursula 's request , on driving him to the station and seeing him aboard the London train . |
| 13 | What makes the difference between seeing a picture as a jumble of meaningless lines , and seeing it as a picture of a landscape ? ( 194–219 ) |
| 14 | This suggests that the difference between seeing a picture as a jumble of meaningless lines , and seeing it as a picture of a landscape , is that in the latter case an act of recognition , or of interpretation , takes place . |
| 15 | Indeed there is no doubt that in overthrowing capitalism , and seeing it as the source of all modern evils , the Soviets saw themselves as the true heirs of the Enlightenment . |
| 16 | Then one morning I did not go early for my paper , and seeing it on the mat Cedric brought it to me . |
| 17 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 18 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 19 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 20 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 21 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 22 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 23 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 24 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 25 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 26 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 27 | Now that we have looked at Wharram Percy deserted village and seen something of the 30-year long excavations there , we should look at other studies and excavations on village sites which seem to suggest the same developments implied at Wharram Percy . |
| 28 | She had not seen Luke since he had escorted her out of his hotel suite and seen her into a taxi on the night of the awards ceremony , more than a week previously . |
| 29 | Well what do I go and see her on a Sunday for ? |
| 30 | ‘ I just happened to wake up and see her in the courtyard . |