Example sentences of "[adv] see [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only seen my daughter-in-law for three minutes since I got the news . |
| 2 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
| 3 | He finished the glass of Kir and decided that he had better see his controller in person . |
| 4 | For a flinty second I see a smile in his eyes , he obviously sees my frame of mind clearly . |
| 5 | This view of language brings philology to life for Julia ; she suddenly sees its object as the product of individual creativity . |
| 6 | You might be 37 or 42 when you suddenly see your reflection on a bad day and are shocked to discover you 're not the 32 you feel inside . |
| 7 | During the dark early days of the war , the local people had felt a strange sense of security just to see her pass by . |
| 8 | Turning to look at Millie again , she ended , ‘ But one always wants more : just to see His face in the night , not in plaster , in the flesh . |
| 9 | ‘ We have already seen his effect on us . |
| 10 | Robert Bolt , the eminent playwright who had produced A Man For All Seasons and had just seen his screenplay for Lawrence of Arabia completed , wanted Ken for a Puck-like part for his forthcoming play , Gentle Jack . |
| 11 | I 've just seen your pic in the Standard ’ , she proclaimed excitedly , ‘ I 'd just like you to come on LBC radio tomorrow . |
| 12 | PATIENTS so short-sighted they could scarcely see their car from 25 yards can now see well enough without glasses or contact lenses to read its number plate . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll just see my father to a taxi and come back for you . ’ |
| 14 | I could just see my face in it . |
| 15 | Ca n't you just see your mother in a pink floppy hat with cherries on it ? |
| 16 | File it alongside ‘ I 'll put you in motion pictures ’ , ‘ I could immortalise you in paint ’ , ‘ I can just see your neck in marble ’ , etc , etc . |
| 17 | It seemed an age before I finally saw his collection of Sabatiers on the wall by the cooker . |
| 18 | I remember once seeing her turn into our gateway , and a boy on a bicycle spat at her . |
| 19 | I have no funds to be able to pay for such material , so people would have to realise that no payment could be made — their only reward would be possibly seeing their work in print . |
| 20 | Jonathan Ripman , mitigating , said Youds , who had no previous motoring convictions , had been rushing home to see his family in Liverpool . |
| 21 | She ‘ knew ’ that she would not be returning ; no-one had ever seen her fridge in need of care and they were n't going to now . |
| 22 | That was one thing about the village , and your your neighbour would where Jane is the now , I do n't think she 'll have hardly seen her neighbour in Dumfries , but here they were always you know |
| 23 | She had hardly seen her father in all the weeks since returning from Scotland , nearly five months after the ‘ accident ’ as it was known . |
| 24 | One such gillie , towards the end of his career , carried out his duties more by instinct than by reason : he had always been shortsighted , but , nearing retirement , he could hardly see his hand in front of his face . |
| 25 | You can hardly see your hand in front of your face and er I mean there was no way to fight the fire , so I mean all we could do was sort of stand back and look 'cos we were up There was about At that stage there was twenty or thirty of us standing in this north west corner of the platform . |
| 26 | He could still see her painting in the garden . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I can still see my mother at the urn . ’ |
| 28 | When the Orientals have a UK market share that justifies their building factories on your soil , you will gradually see their way of life coming into your homes . |
| 29 | She became close to both women and , although she still saw her mother from time to time and still has a very strong relationship with her that has not been diminished by the divorce , a special bond was forged with the two older women . |
| 30 | Despite problems of cutbacks and a diminution of services , more than two-thirds of nurses quizzed still see their future with the National Health Service . |