Example sentences of "[noun sg] see [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You never knew when your luck would turn — another mean Taibach slogan to see him through these dazzling fields of honey and clover . |
2 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
3 | As for the Chancellor himself , Mr Parkinson said : ‘ I think he has both the backbone and the brains and the determination to see us through this difficulty . ’ |
4 | Intimacy means allowing one person to see you with all your defences down , stripped of any masks . |
5 | But it was still a shock to see her like that , looking so old and spent . ’ |
6 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
7 | Indeed , I may say it was not my wish to see you at all . |
8 | May was the month to see it to best advantage : azaleas spilled cascades of coral and blood-red flowers over the pathways , lilac bushes waved their plump , perfumed arms , interspersed by spiky sentinels of variegated holly , and overhead , leaning in regally protective attitudes , the magnolia trees spread a lustrous canopy of waxen , creamy blooms . |
9 | But true to form , the new season saw him in familiar mood , darting into dangerous positions and scoring with ease as relegated West Ham tried to regain their aristocratic status . |
10 | Although it would be a mistake to see them as watertight compartments , or to pretend that issues raised in the first were not also relevant to the third , this division is helpful in indicating broad trends and key differences , which will be explored in the sections which follow . |
11 | Insects which may contribute to its survival will see it one way , man sees it in another , a seed-seeking bird will perceive it in another . |
12 | ‘ He does n't want the world to see him like this , ’ says Howard . |
13 | language … gives structure to experience , and helps to determine our way of looking at things , so that it requires some intellectual effort to see them in any other way than that which our language suggests to us . |
14 | Why risk seeing him at all ? |
15 | ‘ I canna see it in this light ya fule , ’ the top-hat swayed angrily as its owner knocked the hand away . |
16 | The aspirations of a record company go towards mass hysteria but I do n't think The Wedding Present see it in those terms . |