Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] see [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the journalists expected to see children near the line . |
| 2 | At the very least , it says a great deal about the conspiratorial mentality which the leaders of the Communist system have created that so many defectors tend to see deception at work everywhere . |
| 3 | A couple of the heads appeared to see devolution as an additional chore aimed simply at calculating how to allocate the money and making the books balance . |
| 4 | Already , the Scots have seen Australia at close quarters in last week 's Canberra Tournament , where the Wallabies reached the semi-final , while , earlier in the season , they faced a number of possible participants in the colours of Queensland in Dubai . |
| 5 | Well , what it 's all about is that er , the insurers have seen things on the telly etcetera and horrified with the result , |
| 6 | This insight was ignored until the new generation of experimentalists began to see heredity as a process transmitting characters through the line of reproductive cells , independently of the adult body . |
| 7 | Not all the demobilized troops had seen service in the immediate European war zone . |
| 8 | It was noted that the Hibbs contribution suggested that right-wing governments tended to see inflation as more of a problem than unemployment . |
| 9 | The last ten years have seen reforms in the education system greater than probably ever before , culminating in the Education Reform Act 1988 . |
| 10 | Gradually , the Europeans came to see Persia as an ally against the Ottomans . |
| 11 | Other changes have seen Walmer in Kent operating a 29 knot Atlantic 21 in place of an 8 knot Rother class . |
| 12 | He told them that none of the servants had seen Putt since the forest ‘ accident ’ . |
| 13 | Previous minorities had seen squabbles over the distribution of power , but no young king had ever been deposed . |
| 14 | Previous minorities had seen squabbles over the distribution of power , but no young king had ever been deposed . |
| 15 | But several witnesses had seen Orlick in town all evening . |
| 16 | Neighbours had seen flames from their homes across the road . |
| 17 | Other sociologists have seen stratification as a divisive rather than an integrating force . |
| 18 | Where employers did see value in work experience schemes , it had to do with information about career choices . |
| 19 | Dorcas liked to see eagerness in a young nome , but Nisodemus vibrated with a peculiarly hungry kind of eagerness that was unpleasant to see . |
| 20 | Radicals wanted to see progress towards humankind as the central theme , but conservatives like Owen , worried about the status of the human soul , preferred more complex patterns of development that allowed for entirely new levels of organization to be introduced from time to time . |
| 21 | Some historians have seen signs in the 1530s that the legislative authority of Parliament might have been undermined by the King 's power to issue proclamations . |
| 22 | A few commentators have seen signs of hope in the recent refusal at appeal of applications for large centres alongside the M1 near Leicester and at Cribbs Causeway outside Bristol . |