Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
| 2 | I 've seen basses with ten switches together , coil taps , automatic tuning , alarm clock , holiday bookings , et cetera … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I had not seen Hugo for three hours . |
| 5 | What she has to offer is precisely what has seen Cliff through 31 years of showbusiness . |
| 6 | The King approved of this decision , and indeed Lord Stamfordham wrote a memorandum which revealed that the King had seen Balfour on 8 December and told him that , ‘ If Mr Baldwin wishes to resign , the King will refuse , on the grounds that he is still the head of the largest Party in the House of Commons and for every reason , constitutional and otherwise , it would be right and proper for the Government to meet Parliament and leave it to the representatives of the people to decide whether or not they will support the Government . ’ |
| 7 | For a start , she had n't seen Rosemary for fifteen minutes and she did not want her to feel left out . |
| 8 | On trying to contact Mr by phone I have on many occasions I was put off to say he was n't available I have also come to the foyer at the bottom asked to see Mr after twenty minutes wait and nobody turned up I decided to retire . |
| 9 | She did not see Gedge until six weeks later when he arrived at their door after a minor road accident . |
| 10 | There is a pamphlet which tells the reader how to see Aarau in 45 minutes . |
| 11 | Suffice it to say that amongst the people who were not contacted by this project within the first year are some of those seeing doctors on eight occasions . |
| 12 | Gascoigne saw MacArthur on 21 May and drew his attention to an article that day in the Nippon Times discussing the dissent within the American government . |
| 13 | I was specially grateful to the 8 ‘ Men of God ’ ( those who saw Voyager on 18-5-86 will take the point ) who went out into the homes in the Parish as collectors , and as ambassadors for our Church , because the house-to-house collection is such an important part of Christian Aid . |
| 14 | Rab Butler 's 1944 Education Act created the Ministry of Education , saw education in three stages — primary , secondary and tertiary — and raised the school leaving age to 15 . |
| 15 | The King then saw Baldwin on 20 May , and engaged in an active discussion of the shape of the new Cabinet . |
| 16 | He was seeing men with one shoe in his sleep these days . |
| 17 | He had n't been able to see Slater for two days after the party , and that time had passed in a daze for him . |
| 18 | Erm , I go to Silverstone to see races for two reasons . |
| 19 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 20 | We see action in one area not as self-contained or hermetically sealed , but as spilling over to affect and be affected by what goes on elsewhere under the same roof . |
| 21 | Many are conscious that the industry is casting a critical eye at their holdings and they see training as one way to establish their credibility . |