Example sentences of "i [verb] see in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having known him for many months in Vancouver , and relishing his word-pictures of Yukon characters like ‘ dangerous Dan McGrew ’ and ‘ the lady known as Lou ’ , I tried to see in Service 's eyes the modern Yukon nearly half a century after the gold rush . |
| 2 | It was the corniest , happiest , most affectionate movie I 'd seen in years . |
| 3 | Only the diehards used them now , that was the first one I 'd seen in captivity for some months . |
| 4 | We paused to watch a hawk hunting above one of the islands which splits the Vltava , and I asked Ladislav about the posters I kept seeing in windows . |
| 5 | Musgrave suggested the scenery along this stretch of the Seine reminded him of Norfolk : ‘ more like English scenery than any district I had seen in Europe . ’ |
| 6 | The serveuses reminded me of those I had seen in paintings by Monet . |
| 7 | It was not the sort I had seen in West Africa , with side-windows missing and as many chickens on board as people , but as plush as the one that had recently taken our Parish Fellowship for an evening drive around Cheshire . |
| 8 | The cities I had seen in England and France left me unmoved ; their crowds had no interest for me : they lacked the colour and variety for which I craved . |
| 9 | The equivalent of the high street in Passy was much smarter than anything I had seen in London . |
| 10 | The only razors I had seen in action belonged to my Dad and older brothers , when shaving . |
| 11 | Again , contrary to some reports I 've seen in newspapers , you do n't film only instruments , to the exclusion of the players ' faces . |
| 12 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 13 | ‘ Bill Clinton is not perfect , but the great thing I 've seen in America is the lifting of the spirits , the sense of all things being possible again , just because they have brought to an end three administrations which were conservative . |
| 14 | ‘ Certainly we 'll need a better ship than the kind I 've seen in Pantai and Losan . ’ |
| 15 | GEOFF BANKS : ’ Quite the most striking and uniquely designed piece of fun-wear I 've seen in years . ’ |
| 16 | I Want A Cat by Tony Ross ( Red Fox , £3.99 ) now out in paperback , has to be one of the funniest picture books I 've seen in years . |
| 17 | The one in the photograph seems to lack the bits of tube I have seen in others . |
| 18 | Indeed , I have seen in encyclopedias and the National Geographic Magazine breathtaking photographs of sights from various corners of the globe ; magnificent canyons and waterfalls , raggedly beautiful mountains . |
| 19 | It was , he wrote , ‘ the most terribly beautiful thing , the most diabolical splendour , I have seen in war . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It is the best advertising scheme I have seen in years , completely by-passing legal restrictions on targeting children . ’ |
| 21 | Alan Milburn in Darlington I have seen in action . |