Example sentences of "[conj] see [pron] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified .
2 He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought .
3 The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time .
4 Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time .
5 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 .
6 Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time .
7 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 . ’
8 He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time .
9 Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time .
10 Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time .
11 It was exactly eleven o'clock when the nurse came to her and said , ‘ You may go and see him for a minute . ’
12 I said , you may go and see him for a minute , he 's out .
13 as he half knew , he would be asked to acquiesce in some lunatic scheme for pulling Tristram out of trouble , and saw her for a moment from a position of detachment : a tall young woman looking younger than her twenty-nine years .
14 Come and see us for a pint , I 'll meet you in so and so and we 'll go for a pint ’ , and all that , y'know .
15 But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place .
16 He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time .
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