Example sentences of "[noun sg] see [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Loretta decided she would have to abandon her attempt to see Veronica for the rest of the day .
2 Race 4 for the Eric Freeman Trophy in force 2–3 winds outside the harbour saw Fenwick over the line at the start .
3 An eye-witness saw Verri in the back seat gesturing towards the open telephone line and died shortly afterwards .
4 She says that she and her husband saw Kimberley on the ground below the window .
5 As far as everyone knew , he had been the last person to see Zambia at the Club .
6 George was already phrasing his call to Culliman ; perhaps the request should be for Maxim to ‘ make himself available ’ to the Study group a suggestion of staying several days give the chap a chance to see Washington in the fall … and make a quick trip to St Louis and back .
7 He has been wanted by a string of clubs , including Manchester United , who last season saw Pearce as the final piece in a title jigsaw .
8 HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria .
9 HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria .
10 He was in Hollywood by 1915 in time to see Griffith at the height of his powers , and in a sense Vidor was always to remain a representative of the Griffith era ; he was to become Hollywood 's token Progressive in a period when the main energies of that phenomenon had been exhausted .
11 Still fastening buttons , she hobbled to the door in time to see Travis down the beach , waving his hands to attract its attention .
12 There 's little doubt the Commonwealth sees France as the main target of the mission , but as a mainly English speaking organization , its influence on President Mitterand may be limited so the French speakers among them will be pressed into service .
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