Example sentences of "see [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But still we kept saying if only we could see ourselves on the video , that would help us . |
| 2 | But I think it is reasonable as well as constructive to allude to the possibility that the human spirit is indeed evolving , that we are gradually ‘ widening the circle of compassion ’ , moving away from the narrower , more self-interested , more aggressive forms of social organisation to embrace the concept of one world in which we do indeed see ourselves as members of one human family . |
| 3 | Information is our stock-in-trade , and we should see ourselves as custodians , users , and disseminators of information . |
| 4 | We do n't see ourselves as special people and we do n't see ourselves as having specific financial credentials , although some members of our group , not myself , may have those , but we try by listening to the people who 've elected us and listening to in general comments that are made from outside the council , which is a terribly closed body . |
| 5 | He could well have been called a victim , and his book consigns itself , as Fraser 's does , to that large literature in which the sufferings of victims are recounted : but he does not see himself as a romantic orphan . |
| 6 | But Watson does not only see himself as publicity agent for his cause . |
| 7 | Suddenly a man will see himself as a sexual failure rather than as someone who simply had not been able to achieve an erection on one single occasion . |
| 8 | Scotland 's record-breaking captain does not see himself as a future Scottish Rugby Union president . |
| 9 | A prison source told TODAY last night : ‘ Courtney does not see himself as a sex offender so he has not applied for Category C status . |
| 10 | If the evaluation of the loss becomes generalised , the person will see himself as a loser , lacking in skills and opportunities to make the future rewarding . |
| 11 | After seeing the professionals at work , Colin ( 7 ) from Duke Street , Leith , does n't see himself as a presenter — because of the lights . |
| 12 | He gyrated carefully so that he could see himself at all angles . |
| 13 | Was this a habit he had grown into over the years or had he always been like this , turning his wife into an invalid before there was any real need , a man who could only see himself in a solicitous relationship with other people ? |
| 14 | He liked the boy , could see himself in Michael . |
| 15 | Webster agrees but could never see himself in Simmons shoes : |
| 16 | Li Shai Tung stared at the urbane , highly-sophisticated man standing at his side and laughed briefly , bemused that Shepherd could see himself in that brutal portrait . |
| 17 | Can I argue and persuade for moderation , when every baron along the march will see himself in Grey 's shoes ? |
| 18 | He could see himself in the garden with Fraulein Simonis , investigating those dark eyes at closer quarters . |
| 19 | It is only in the pursuit of important goals that he may see himself in a negative light , and only during the recurrence of situations similar to the childhood loss that brought the negative schema into existence . |
| 20 | The bestowal of a right upon a third party gives rise to expectations on the part of that third party that the parties will act in conformity with the treaty in their relations with itself ; without necessarily having made any commitment of its own it will see itself as the beneficiary of the exchange of promises between the parties . |
| 21 | Ultimately , segmentation policy may lead Perkins to a market situation where it may no longer see itself as " an engineering company selling an engineering product " but instead is " moving towards a service company approach " in which " the ability to work with customers must be a high priority . " |
| 22 | But she could not really see herself with whatever it was : vase , or rug or necklace , trying to sell it . |
| 23 | Jo does n't see herself as anything exceptional . |
| 24 | She did not see herself as Miranda or Juliet or even Portia . |
| 25 | Her tone was educated , mocking : she did n't see herself as a servant because she was n't one . |
| 26 | She had lived her twenty-two years surrounded by life 's little luxuries , all the wonderful comforts that money could buy , and she did n't see herself as the sort of healthy , hardy girl who could endure too many minor inconveniences with a cheery smile . |
| 27 | She tended to be over-indulgent with Victoria , partly because she could see herself in the child and partly too , in some perverse fashion , to make up for what she considered to be her own harsh upbringing under Jonadab 's strict rules . |
| 28 | Sandra used all the recommended beauty products , but she did n't see herself in those pictures . |
| 29 | But she did not see herself like the archaeologist , because for her , there was a way out . |
| 30 | I do n't see myself as a pop artist . |