Example sentences of "seeing [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 61 | The new mill is their baby and they 're looking forward to seeing it grow . |
| 62 | After seeing it work for so long , I began to perceive Charlie 's charm as a method of robbing houses by persuading the owners to invite you in and take their possessions . |
| 63 | ‘ I feel very pleased after changing our style for this match and seeing it work so well against a Premier League team . |
| 64 | Many of her friends were in politics or belonged to political families , it was the era of the Liberal reforms and that was what fired her most : she went to dinner-parties where she sat next to men who were going to make a speech that night and there were weeks when she went to the House every day , it was what she had always wanted , it was history , it was important , immensely important and she was seeing it , seeing it happen and that was important to her . |
| 65 | The fact of it is nothing to do with seeing it happen — it 's not gasps and blood and falling about — that is n't what makes it death . |
| 66 | A.A. personnel reported seeing it crash , and Robertson was credited with its destruction . |
| 67 | The infant retrieves , or witnesses the retrieval of an object from behind A ( say ) three times , after which he watches as the experimenter moves it to place B. On seeing it vanish at B he will go straight back to A. Although the back-to-A error is more likely to be made the longer the delay between hiding at B and allowing search , this is not a memory problem in any simple sense because the infant will return to A even if the object remains visible at B. We find a particularly clear demonstration of this kind of ‘ perseveration ’ in an experiment by Paul Harris in which there were two transparent , lockable boxes as the A and the B location . |
| 68 | So what makes more sense — buying two at £15 each and losing one , or buying one at £30 and seeing it thrive ? |
| 69 | ‘ It must be so frustrating , seeing it decay like this , ’ she sighed . |
| 70 | ‘ Now he 's seeing it like this ' , ‘ now like that ’ would only be said of someone capable of making certain applications of the figure quite freely . |
| 71 | You remember the American astronauts , how they went to the moon and came back totally changed by looking at the earth and seeing it like just any old planet all small and a long way away ? |
| 72 | We are in the wrong position to see the flash of light as the sun erupts again , settling instead for seeing it emerge from behind the northward island as we paddle slowly in . |
| 73 | He offered these details for the police to confirm but was still unable to remember seeing anyone enter or leave by the rear door of the Post building . |
| 74 | By seeing yourself open as a chalice , a channel of cosmic energies , you reduce the risk of becoming drained as a result of drawing on your own energy reserves . |
| 75 | The fierce note in Rose Hilaire 's voice got through to Dagmar Blond , who stopped talking at once , but the last phrase on her lips came out like a ghost : ‘ seeing yourself kill — ’ The last word of all disappeared . |