Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] see [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were allowed to see it for one hour , before it was taken back , and none of them has been able to get hold of it since . |
| 2 | Muslim nationalists were encouraged to see themselves as the spearhead of the anti-colonial movement , and Lenin himself addressed their congress ( in November 1919 ) . |
| 3 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 4 | I was allowed to see her in the visiting room , but if some of the girls knew you were from C1 they 'd call you muppet . |
| 5 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |