Example sentences of "[pers pn] see [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |
2 | Indeed , it was his example that led me to see beneath the brilliance and beauty of Paris , where the plight of its dispossessed is mirrored in the experience of the very people — artists and intellectuals — who are responsible for its reputation . |
3 | Or , ‘ The Doctor wants I to see about the moss in the tennis court . |
4 | Have n't I seen over the years what it has done to my husband , a man who lifted me off the shelf just before my sell-by date expired ? |
5 | So what do I see as the problems in how the industry appeals to the children of today ? |
6 | ‘ But what I saw as the character and what they the writers saw did n't match up at all . ’ |
7 | I remembered my astonishment when the first doctor I saw at the Centre read my notes and wrote down a mixture of Centaury , Gorse , Star of Bethlehem and Beech . |
8 | I would still want to be able to see and buy items of equipment , not to do so would be an opportunity wasted , but I can to my machinery stocklist to see most of what I saw at the show . |
9 | And there he was , I went to look and I saw at the end there , a big pile of erm earth fresh earth you know . |
10 | He wrote a few letters on my behalf and I just did n't think he was for me because of what I saw at the time . |
11 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
12 | There was a beautiful avenue of mimosas I saw at the Gezira when we were walking round . |
13 | But like what I saw of the women , they looked alright to me . |
14 | Stooping , what I saw of the valley were glimpses of a richly farmed landscape and a dark brown river , all imbued with a hazy crepuscular Tuscan light . |
15 | From what I saw of the match he played well . |
16 | From the little I saw of the game Ipswich seemed quite content with standing inside their own penalty box and only closing down people when they got within 2 yards of it . |
17 | But the only person I saw for the rest of that day , besides the German who brought my food and took me to the lavatory , was the English orderly . |
18 | No , er , I , apparently I saw on the Teletext last night |
19 | It was already nearly dusk and I supposed the Dutch people whom I saw on the pavements and on bicycles were hurrying to get home before the curfew . |
20 | She has n't yet been told what I saw on the sonogram by the way . |
21 | Now I know what I saw on the bridge ! ’ |
22 | I tell you what I saw on the telly this morning . |
23 | He assures me we both , from what he and I saw on the spot , can go beyond what Jerome himself knows . ’ |
24 | A belated attempt at abdomen-straining brought it swimming back into fuzzy focus , but that dial was all I saw during the remainder of an interminable fast-jet loop . |
25 | I had come across a small herd of Swayne 's hartebeeste near Awash Station , the only hartebeeste I saw during the journey . |
26 | I saw from the clock that Ben had run 10.03 , not as fast as Carl , who had gone below ten seconds again . |
27 | In fact , I saw from the station clock that I had timed my arrival just about perfectly . |
28 | I 've never been to Germany since , never seen anymore of it than I saw from the air that day in 1945 , and I ca n't say I 've ever wanted to . |
29 | What I saw from the air was a new runway , freshly mown and very inviting . |
30 | When I saw from the papers that Miss Ella Shields , the original Burlington Bertie from Bow , was to appear for a week at the Pantages Theatre on Hastings Street , I made it a point of seeing the show . |