Example sentences of "[pers pn] see [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw something in that hall tonight which I have kept secret . |
| 2 | ‘ And I shall need a bigger wardrobe ; I think I saw one in that other bedroom . ’ |
| 3 | I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people . |
| 4 | I saw lots of British people all over the stadium , waving huge Union Jacks . |
| 5 | BELVILLE : O , she may be your favourite as a waiting maid but I see nothing but clumsy curtseys and awkward airs about her . |
| 6 | I see nothing at all superficial in that . |
| 7 | I see lots of funny men , |
| 8 | Have you seen one with black hair , black hair , short ? |
| 9 | ‘ Have you seen anyone around this warehouse in the last six months ? ’ |
| 10 | And did you see anything through that ? |
| 11 | She sees everything in soft focus but feels nothing . |
| 12 | She sees everything in soft focus , but feels nothing . |
| 13 | He was as sensitive about his body as a proud owner of its pet 's and was perpetually asking her to look inside his ear to see whether there was something amiss — she saw nothing but pink perfection — and wondering about the freshness of his lungs in the atmosphere — she assumed that they were like his ears — and surveying the immaculateness , the flatness of his belly in her long wall mirror with its carved , wooden frame . |
| 14 | If you see one at all . |
| 15 | you see none of that 's written down because nobody |
| 16 | And our love does not depend on anything , though for years we saw nothing of each other , still we should love . |
| 17 | Daniel Defoe journeyed this way in 1724 and when he passed through Settle , he noted : ‘ … we saw nothing but high mountains , which had a terrible aspect . ’ |
| 18 | Yeah , cos we saw one in that |
| 19 | Indeed , the basic British attitude had been summed up admirably by Churchill himself many years earlier when he wrote , in an American periodical in 1930 , ‘ We see nothing but good and hope in a richer , freer , more contented European commonalty . |
| 20 | The first we step into we call the infant or thoughtless Chamber , in which we remain as long as we do not think … we no sooner get into the second Chamber , which I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought , than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere , we see nothing but pleasant wonders , and think of delaying there for ever in delight . |
| 21 | We see something of this sort in France , where large companies are often run by men who have spent their entire previous careers in government service . |
| 22 | In verse writing , as in virtually any other human activity we may think of , there are thresholds to be reached and crossed : below a certain threshold of practice and expertise , the attitude of the amateur produces only work that is ‘ amateurish ’ ( and heaven knows , we see plenty of that all around us ) ; above a certain threshold of facility , the attitude of the professional produces work that is glib , facile , heartless , and academic — and we see plenty of that , too . |
| 23 | In verse writing , as in virtually any other human activity we may think of , there are thresholds to be reached and crossed : below a certain threshold of practice and expertise , the attitude of the amateur produces only work that is ‘ amateurish ’ ( and heaven knows , we see plenty of that all around us ) ; above a certain threshold of facility , the attitude of the professional produces work that is glib , facile , heartless , and academic — and we see plenty of that , too . |
| 24 | On his second voyage , in the winter ( May–June 1819 ) , he saw nothing of New South Shetland . |
| 25 | This was certainly a strange case , but he had not known the Pitts and he saw plenty of messy deaths . |
| 26 | It would not surprise us to see something like this over the next few months . ’ |