Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the cars of ramblers who do n't like to see bikes on the hills are , by weight of numbers , forcing cyclists off the road . |
| 2 | The document itself was not privileged and to that extent the other side was entitled to see part of the materials with the brief . |
| 3 | He prefers to see believers as the heirs to the one Abrahamic covenant which inaugurated the Old Testament people of God ( Acts 3:25 ) . |
| 4 | I believe that this application for a residence order is yet another step in this game and that neither parent has been able or willing to see matters from the children 's point of view or in terms of their feelings , experiences and level of understanding . |
| 5 | Restoration of old cars is a way of life in this country , with many beautiful maintained Morris Minors , Ford Anglias and Triumph Heralds still to be seen bowling along the roads , so giving a new lease of life to old aeroplanes seems to come naturally . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's the bird with the two Afghans , ’ said Arthur , who had seen pictures of the dogs in the papers . |
| 7 | But the politicians have also seen research in the arts , social and natural sciences , as a vital part of national development : the government has been a generous sponsor of research , partly to underpin West Germany 's thriving high technology industries , and partly to continue rebuilding intellectual life after its almost total dissolution in the 1930s . |
| 8 | No one had ever seen rapids like the ones down here . |
| 9 | ‘ He is the best goalscorer I 've ever seen in my time in professional football , and anyone who has seen Liverpool over the years will agree he 's a very special player . ’ |
| 10 | As the 50th anniversary of the ending of World War II approaches , an increasing percentage of pensioners will have seen service in the Forces , or are the widows of ex-servicemen . |
| 11 | She had not , for example , seen Silence Of The Lambs because she was ‘ slightly horrified it would be too squeamish for me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I had n't even made the connection until a friend mentioned he had seen Tim in the papers with all the Princess Anne business . ’ |
| 13 | Well , she supposed that figured ; after all , she had seen Luke with the children at the sailing club , again revealing that other side of his nature which did n't extend to her … |
| 14 | It is a long way from the " careership " proposals of the CBI and a long way , too , from the systematic manner in which those parties argue who would wish to see TECs as the regulators of training and as the godfather of the careers service . |
| 15 | Keeper Neville Southall , the most capped keeper in Welsh history , believes the Belgians will be scared just seeing Giggs among the substitutes . |
| 16 | Throughout Anne 's reign we can see splits amongst the Tories , for example , with regard to their attitude towards occasional conformity . |
| 17 | Names are named , and we could at last see blood on the shelves . |
| 18 | We could see snow on the moors . |
| 19 | Ace could see movements behind the windows of the shuttle . |
| 20 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 21 | Now I can see rooftops outside the windows as well as open sky . |
| 22 | Paula sees things from the contestants ' viewpoint . |
| 23 | I could see mist over the forests below the mountains , and fog out over the North Sea . |
| 24 | The darkness intensified down in the wood though I could see stars between the boughs . |
| 25 | Did we not recently see riots on the streets of Moscow , with two factions fighting it out ? |
| 26 | There will be no guarantee that their investments will see fruition in the regions because staff may move elsewhere to take advantage of opportunities created by improved training and qualification . |
| 27 | But , yes — I read plays and I can see actors in the parts — I hope I can see what is suitable to their personalities . |
| 28 | ‘ Can you really see leaves on the trees ? ’ a nine-year-old girl who was severely short-sighted asked . |
| 29 | SPAIN is confident a cheaper European Fighter Aircraft ( EFA ) project on which thousands of British jobs depend will go ahead but sees production of the planes delayed to around the year 2000 , a senior defence ministry official said last night . |
| 30 | I remember once dealing with a particularly brutal river scheme , and seeing hanging in the engineers ' porta-cabin , which overlooked the now canalized river , a calendar showing The Haywain . |