Example sentences of "seeing [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentences like ‘ get rid of government ’ , vibrate now , free flow city ’ , merge to deny each particular one a separate hearing , seeing or reading . |
| 2 | I mean years ago I can remember coming into town and seeing that furniture shop filled with people walking around , every time I go past it now it is empty |
| 3 | Coming back , she said , ‘ Seeing that child 's face was a revelation . |
| 4 | However , a consequence of this autonomy is their responsibility for seeing that housework gets done . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Ianthe , ‘ I believe it 's a kind of beer — but how many people must have been strengthened and comforted by seeing that message shining out into the night . ’ |
| 6 | And indeed we 're seeing that work coming through at the moment . |
| 7 | Sometimes , however , a sharp shock is required to signal the extent of the adjustment eventually required and the government 's commitment to seeing that adjustment is actually made . |
| 8 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 9 | But then , a week later , she had a visit from a strange man enquiring for her father , and who , after being told of his demise , informed her he had been asked to sell the property for which he had felt able to assure her father he would get a good price , seeing that land around was scarce . |
| 10 | And Mr Jones in his own world never once suspected that Jo would dream of seeing that boy again after that fateful night , that seemed so long ago . |
| 11 | So still in the adventurous mood of my walk across the field , and my fright at seeing that leg , I rang the police . |
| 12 | So accustomed to using Conrad 's eyes , Eliot is able to see through Twain 's the native emotion of his own nativity and childhood in the nursery bedroom , seeing that childhood in terms of a fundamental primitivism from which his religious consciousness has grown . |
| 13 | She could n't face seeing that realisation in his eyes , for the sake of her own sanity had to get away — had to flee from him for a second time . |
| 14 | Seeing that ruling railroaded through made it the saddest day of my life . |
| 15 | Seeing that cash flow is the life blood of any business , it follows that if fees are related to job progress there must be a direct relationship between performance and cash flow . |
| 16 | The Head of Department is responsible for seeing that access to projects and dissertations is as agreed with students . |
| 17 | Seeing that point of view does not mean agreeing with it or even empathising with it : it simply means being able to see what the view is — to look at things from that viewpoint . |
| 18 | But after seeing that motor cyclist , she may need a protector . |
| 19 | ‘ I keep seeing that thing about the girl and the bird 's head , ’ he said . |
| 20 | It was the first time she had actually said for certain that she would sail with me and I could not hide my joy , and Ellen , seeing that pleasure , laughed at it . |
| 21 | I had great pleasure in seeing that extension and I would be surprised if the hon. Gentleman had not visited it and was not looking forward to its opening . |
| 22 | But , you see , you could see the extractor fan , so I said to him look , I asked you , he said , oh I thought you sa , I said , no , I said to you I do n't like seeing that extractor fan you |
| 23 | Although I have n't been making records for the last six years , I have been working behind the scenes at Artists Against Apartheid , and me the Mandela concert last month , seeing that speech go out live on the BBC to all those people , was a culmination of all that work . |
| 24 | but the strong impression I had is walking over the hill from Kettleborough where the gun club now is walking down into this valley and seeing that view of this little end of the village nestling in the hollow and I can remember feeling a extraordinarily strong sensation that I could easily live there |
| 25 | He is persistently encouraged to see himself rather as the person responsible for seeing that learning happens . |
| 26 | Seeing that sort of evidence , I would not put a ferret into the burrow but would take other action , since the fox is a predator I can manage very well without . |
| 27 | Extraordinary colouring , extraordinary , now 's the time one ought to be out and about , seeing that sort of thing . |
| 28 | Tottenham v Nottm Forest Brian Clough 's 1,000th League game as a manager and a fixture he will expect to win , seeing that Forest have beaten Spurs on three of their last four visits to White Hart Lane . |
| 29 | Seeing that shoe … ’ |
| 30 | I had seen many pictures of attacks on the city but somehow seeing that bridge destroyed , it suddenly hit me what is happening to Baghdad . |