Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.

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1 The citizens of Kettering had never seen a better ring , In fact no better pair of 'em " Take care of " me ! " they cried .
2 The principal reason why the methods of scrutiny in the House of Commons and the House of Lords differ so widely is that the House of Commons has traditionally seen its power as residing in the Chamber itself and in the power to call ministers to account on the floor of the House .
3 It was the largest Conservative Party which the House of Commons has ever seen .
4 The creatures of Riverbank did not see the big dog the next day .
5 But still the house of Eli has not seen the last of it .
6 Then take a limiting case : if nobody but the original painter or painters of the great roof bison of Altamira had ever seen this work ( and comparable work may still be lying undiscovered ) , would any of us wish , on our first sight of it , to deny its status as art because it had not been consciously exhibited ?
7 THE Llandudno flood victims will get a boost today when the Duke of Edinburgh flies in to see the disaster for himself .
8 One hesitates to dispute this judgement , coming as it does from a source with such impeccable credentials in pitiless cynicism , but the fact remains that the young men of Oriel did n't see it quite that way .
9 If the people of Antigua had not seen the victory they wanted , they had at least enjoyed some good fighting cricket .
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