Example sentences of "[conj] see [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , but you 'd been to the flat at about ten thirty in the evening before was there anything you heard or seen at the flat to indicate it might be a hostage situation ? |
| 2 | As to direct selling , she believed that seeing off the threat of publishers was even easier : ‘ No publisher can supply all the books a school needs . ’ |
| 3 | But seeing off Michael Meacher proved substantially easier than seeing off the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 4 | There would be a short handover period , er it would have to be administered , but from where we sit , we 're going to actually submit a bid that sees off the competition . |
| 5 | … being the book that saw into the heart of India |
| 6 | She concentrated on the face in her mind 's eye , the single eye that saw in the dark and coloured things in . |
| 7 | A parent is legally bound to feed , clothe , house , not to mistreat , and to see to the education of his own children , but not those of his neighbour ; although those next door are legally protected against anyone 's abuse or assault . |
| 8 | There was a railed-off space on top of the cabins which served as a kind of open-air lounge , sufficiently high to allow passengers both to enjoy the breeze and to see over the bank . |
| 9 | He had been hurrying to finish this latest copy before the meal ended , and seeing through the slit that his wife was heading out across the clearing with his two small sons to begin collecting the dishes , he put aside his pencil and hastily read over what he 'd written . |
| 10 | Some people were waking up and seeing through the disguise humanity had constructed around its deities . |
| 11 | The people are sick and tired of seeing on the television , hearing on the radio and seeing in the press the fairy stories that the Secretary of State keeps preaching from the Dispatch Box . |
| 12 | Praising Durkheim , Eliot had written about and summarized Max Müller 's attitude ( largely based on Sanskrit philology ) , which looked at primitive religion chiefly through its myths , finding in primitive deities personifications of larger forces of nature and seeing in the primitive mind a sentiment of wonder at such forces , a basic intuition of the ‘ infinite ’ . |
| 13 | The book on Cornish Crosses was the work of my archaeologist uncle , T. F. G. Dexter , completed by his brother , and seen through the press by his widow . |
| 14 | He has helped guide us carefully through some difficult decisions and seen through the establishment of the pastoral team and the purchase of the Camphill building . |
| 15 | Working reflectively , light shown here as transmitted is reflected back through the cell , re-twisted , and seen by the viewer . |
| 16 | A similar mechanism may also yield the Ashen Light , a faint radiation at visible wavelengths and seen from the Earth to emanate from the night hemisphere . |
| 17 | They were photographic enlargements , head-and-shoulders portraits , all of the same girl , photographed in profile ; looking up and looking down , and seen from the right and from the left . |
| 18 | She had brought John down to Sandwich to help him forget what they had been through , but he was haunted by what he had learnt and seen behind the Iron Curtain . |
| 19 | These latter included screens behind which they could be hidden ; heavy socks and mocassins to prevent feet from being recognised if seen below the screen ; and a ‘ Donald Duck squawk box ’ instrument which distorted an individual 's voice so that it could not be recognised . |
| 20 | Disney 's contribution to the built environment has superimposed North American regional vernacular architecture of the 19th and early 20th century on the Ile de France : a Pacific North West national park lodge , a South West pueblo , a Far West cowboy town , an East Coast seaside club , a South East Victorian resort , and a piece of 1930s Manhattan — albeit somewhat distorted , as if seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie camera . |
| 21 | Landscapes are treated unusually , in frescoes and also in sealstones , as if seen from the air or through a fish-eye lens . |
| 22 | Yes , I 'll shall have to go and see at the traffic and find out what 's gone wrong . |
| 23 | Luke said hurriedly , ‘ I 'll go and see to the sitting-room fire . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll stay and see to the phone . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I must get back and see to the washing . |
| 26 | There is plenty to do and see in the area and if you like long walks , Britain 's longest footpath , the South West Way , is on your doorstep — in total it is 560 miles long . |
| 27 | ‘ I returned , and saw under the sun , that the race is not to the swift , nor the battle to the strong , neither yet bread to the wise , nor yet riches to men of understanding , not yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all ’ ( Ecclesiastes ) . |
| 28 | They leaned over the sleeping figure and saw through the polythene tent the hand on the counterpane closed in a tight fist . |
| 29 | She looked up and saw through the smoke — Mr Petrie ! |
| 30 | Start with the length of guttering attached to the downpipe and saw off the gutter bolts ( unless they can be unscrewed ) . |