Example sentences of "and see a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Robin said to me later , ‘ suddenly to walk in and to see a sea of faces , all of whom I knew well , was the most tremendously stirring moment . |
| 2 | But the novels were soon to exhibit an interest in misogyny , and to see a connection between ‘ the old hoo-ha ’ and ‘ the old last end ’ — expressions used by Ormerod and Standish respectively , in Take a girl like you , for sexual intercourse and death . |
| 3 | The thrill of coming out of Oxford Circus tube and seeing a pile of me at the news-stand was pretty hard to beat . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't believe these beds , ’ groaned Billie , throwing her case on hers and seeing a cloud of dust rising from it . |
| 5 | He remembered staring out from the nest site on a clear cold morning and seeing a line of grey-blue a few miles to the north which they said was the sea . |
| 6 | He had gone on to a party at a rich woman 's house , he explained , and seen a display of drinks such as he had never seen on earth before . |
| 7 | ‘ Ronnie Moran and Roy Evans have been through a lot and seen a lot of players come and go . |
| 8 | I think he had to go and see a man about some business , ’ said Mary . |
| 9 | ‘ Am I okay , here ? ’ she said , and Coco/Jeanette said , ‘ Sure , ’ and pointed to a place alongside her where Lucy could stand and see a part of the performance without any risk of being seen or getting in the way . |
| 10 | No , cos I got ta go and see a friend about something so |
| 11 | She remembered she had agreed to go and see a movie with him that evening . |
| 12 | A couple of weeks after Brighton she came into the shop , presuming we were going out together that evening — without having told me what she intended , I 'd arranged to go and see a band with a mate from art college . |
| 13 | ‘ Why on earth did you not go and see a doctor at your college , after this alleged incident had taken place ? ’ the lawyer demanded . |
| 14 | On the other hand , there was something unbeatably creepy about the time I walked into a man 's bathroom at the very beginning of an affair and saw a bottle of ‘ scruffing lotion ’ by his basin . |
| 15 | As she looked down he felt a tug at the upper sail , and saw a flash of a wing . |
| 16 | ‘ Are n't you going to present me , Araminta ? ’ he asked blandly , and saw a flicker of relief in Theda 's eyes before she discreetly lowered them . |
| 17 | She looked up then and saw a flicker of doubt in his dark eyes and then it was gone and he shrugged . |
| 18 | He opened his eyes again and saw a vision of the land of milk and honey to which he and a small band of pioneers led by their Rabbi had for so long planned to emigrate . |
| 19 | We had coffee with the team members and their families and saw a slide-show of last year 's trip . |
| 20 | He flew back to England yesterday and saw a specialist in Ipswich , Brian Simpson , who uses laser treatment to aid recovery . |
| 21 | She peered over the edge of the bedstead and saw a cliff of bedcover stretching endlessly to the stone floor . |
| 22 | They were just there , suddenly , as we came over a hill and saw a river below us . |
| 23 | The second aircraft made his attack over the breakwater , released his torpedo and saw a hit on destroyer . |
| 24 | We also went to Madrid again and saw a performance by the famous travelling circus , the Circo Price , about whose clowns I wrote a poem in The Prodigal Son . |
| 25 | ‘ And once he woke up in the early morning , and saw a rat in the middle of the floor , looking at him . |
| 26 | After a while his feet found a road , and he looked round and saw a house in the distance . |
| 27 | He took off his shoe to investigate , then heard a noise overhead and saw a flock of starlings flying past . |
| 28 | He wriggled his toes , and saw a flight of aircraft peeling off , beautifully , one by one . |
| 29 | I turned and saw a woman near me on the path . |
| 30 | Aunt Sara was n't feeling well ; she came downstairs and saw a light in father 's office … ’ |