Example sentences of "[conj] see [prep] the [noun] " 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 The C[atholic] C[urate] was sent out to patrol the roads and anybody found or seen on the roads had to give their names .
3 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 . ’
4 But seeing off Michael Meacher proved substantially easier than seeing off the Chancellor of the Exchequer .
5 Levels of breakage of rodent incisors are generally low in the predator assemblages , but the incidence of digestion is higher than seen for the molars .
6 Output : The decline in output was greater than seen in the July survey and worse than had been anticipated , with a balance of 20pc of firms reporting a fall .
7 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 .
8 … being the book that saw into the heart of India
9 She concentrated on the face in her mind 's eye , the single eye that saw in the dark and coloured things in .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 • Juggling the running of a house , keeping everyone well-fed and clothed , and seeing to the needs of a new baby make mothers excellent organisers .
13 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 .
14 Some people were waking up and seeing through the disguise humanity had constructed around its deities .
15 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 .
16 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 ’ .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 Working reflectively , light shown here as transmitted is reflected back through the cell , re-twisted , and seen by the viewer .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 It says , that not only does it save it 's money when it comes to when we 're putting in the tender bids , but actually the profits it makes goes back into the County Council , it has a two- prong saving of averages to this council , and we 've known and seen in the years that it 's been running that money has come back into county council balances , which means that we can have more money to spend on other services .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 Landscapes are treated unusually , in frescoes and also in sealstones , as if seen from the air or through a fish-eye lens .
27 Yes , I 'll shall have to go and see at the traffic and find out what 's gone wrong .
28 Luke said hurriedly , ‘ I 'll go and see to the sitting-room fire . ’
29 I 'll stay and see to the phone . ’
30 ‘ I must get back and see to the washing .
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