Example sentences of "[noun pl] to see [pron] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
2 | I was still more surprised when some of their parents arrived in motor cars to see them at the weekend |
3 | She struggled to her feet to see him to the door . |
4 | Geographers have discovered a recent tendency for rural areas to see something of a recovery in population and employment levels , no matter where they are ; conversely , conurbation ( metropolitan ) areas have suffered a loss of population and employment , whether in London , the West Midlands or the North ; while intervening areas lie along a statistical continuum . |
5 | These were the children some of the teachers looked down on because they came to school with unmended holes in their jumpers , or no proper shoes , only canvas sandshoes to see them through the winter . |
6 | It was then the turn of the Americans to see themselves as the party whose imperative task it was to rescue a friend from the consequences of her own folly . |
7 | Senada and her children , Mevlida ( 16 ) , Sanel ( 15 ) , Saliha ( 12 ) and Jasmina ( 11 ) , now have changes of clothes to see them through the week , cash in their pockets , and the run of Bob 's kitchen and store-cupboards , which were pre-stocked with macaroni and pasta for their arrival . |
8 | Midge Ure was playing for nothing , just a few beers to see him through the evening . |