Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children have related illnesses because of a lack of fresh food and vitimins and the economic problems of the region which means they do n't see life in the same way as in England . |
| 2 | They do not see women going out into the world and doing . |
| 3 | They do not see strike action as a real choice , and why should they ? |
| 4 | If capitalist enterprises see the prospect of adequate profits then they will borrow investment funds without any government having to insist , and if they do not see investment as profitable then it is useless to try to force them . |
| 5 | Also it might be that those who suffer from SAD differ from most people only because they are more susceptible than the rest of the population to feeling ‘ under the weather ’ when they do not see daylight , particularly in the morning . |
| 6 | ‘ They accept what has happened ; but they do not see anger as the fuel for vengeance . |
| 7 | Probably they did n't see a thing , and if they did , well , they 've both seen blokes in the bath before now — ’ |
| 8 | All the cafe owners we spoke to insisted they 've never seen cars parked on the carriageway . |
| 9 | All the cafe owners we spoke to insisted they 've never seen cars parked on the carriageway . |
| 10 | We are driving through parts of Brixton that look like they 've never seen daylight . |
| 11 | For most children , this is the first time they 've ever seen Reindeer . |
| 12 | ‘ People think London is really hard and aggressive , but I say , forget it : they have n't seen aggression . |
| 13 | It 's the same as that place in Australia where they have n't seen rain for seventeen years , I mean there 's children who are grown up now at college have never seen a spot of rain , I 'd hate that I 'd rather have our , sometimes dismal climate . |
| 14 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |