Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think that that chance will come until your husband retires so , in the meantime , you must learn to see Germany as your home . |
| 2 | If you enjoy seeing birds in your garden , start feeding them now . |
| 3 | I 've been very fortunate to be able to become part of your industry , to see part of your contribution to my patients for the great tomorrow . |
| 4 | People were constantly coming to see Ken in his dressing room . |
| 5 | I seen Terry on our estate . |
| 6 | " When I was dealing with the men personally I generally got them to see matters from my point of view , but unfortunately I could not stay in any one port for any length of time ; my subordinates did not have the same control over men as I did " . |
| 7 | The rest will do a nine-hour day — after which , I imagine , they will be seeing potatoes in their sleep and grabbing at phantom clods of earth for half the night . |
| 8 | He 'd gone slowly , regretfully , seeing regret in my face also , an unexpected mutual liking , slipping away into memory . |
| 9 | Anyone entering from outside would only have seen Jim with his feet up in front of the fire , reading a thriller . |
| 10 | The commercial company created by Lord Burghersh to run ‘ Sporting Glory ’ and rent the facility went bankrupt , owing money to printers , the V&A ( it has only seen part of its £100,000 rental fee ) and , of course , the backers . |
| 11 | Neighbours had seen flames from their homes across the road . |
| 12 | Depositors in overnight money-market accounts — which total around $70 billion — have seen 80% of their assets frozen for 18 months . |
| 13 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 14 | No doubt there are those who have seen fear on my face in certain circumstances in this campaign , just as I have seen the same fear on their faces in the same circumstances . |
| 15 | Marie followed the bus route to where she had seen Simon with his mother and father coming out of the private estate in their car . |
| 16 | There were later rumours that the gesture , however sincere , cost Toshack the Liverpool management when Bob Paisley retired ; he had certainly seen Swansea as his apprenticeship . |
| 17 | Fred and Sophy , though they were only two and three years younger , and though they had seen mamma in her coffin , seemed to themselves to be looking at some strange show . |
| 18 | It occurred to him as he walked that he had not seen Taheb since their visit to the palace compound . |
| 19 | Over the past decade or so we have also seen changes in our lifestyle with dogs . |
| 20 | Man has always seen woman as his enemy . |
| 21 | I have seen snapshots of her arms extending cigarette lighters , her lips painted seamlessly in China red matt , each eyebrow plucked and lined with one rich stroke of a black pencil , false lashes on her eyes , ‘ twinkle ’ blue kohl beneath and drawn at a tilt . |
| 22 | He thought he understood now why he had seen tears on her cheeks . |
| 23 | That was the only time Patrick had seen tears in her eyes , when the vicar had said a prayer ‘ for those whom we love but see no longer ’ . |
| 24 | Whenever you 've seen Rob in my office you 've taken good care to get him out of my clutches very smartly , on the flimsiest of pretexts . |
| 25 | ‘ Still , I 'm sure you 've seen girls in their frillies before . |
| 26 | We are pleased to state that since the appearance of the first edition of this book the Court of Appeal has at last seen sense in its approach to construction in cases involving general medical practitioners : see Clarke v Newland [ 1991 ] 1 All ER 397 . |
| 27 | Nichol 's teenage girlfriend Alana Jeanette said she had seen scratches on his face the day of the attack . |
| 28 | She seemed so sanguine that he started to enjoy his leave and they all three went off to see Mona in Jermyn Street , who greeted them with her usual generous hospitality , very little of which was at her or their expense , but who had not seen Charles since his transformation from 2nd Lieutenant to Guardsman . |
| 29 | He 'd seen Barry on his BMX . |
| 30 | He 'd seen women in his boyhood with shawls over their heads and bare feet , with the same air of ancient breeding . |