Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 32 | In Moscow he became a convert to Marxism , having seen Capitalism in action in Europe . |
| 33 | It has heard and seen evidence from witnesses including the minister of agriculture , fisheries and food , the chairman of the NRA , the Chemical Industries Association and the Institute of Wastes Management , and has recommended that the government take the fourth option of its consultation paper ( Chem . |
| 34 | Line-up of eight Antonov An-2 biplanes seen recently at Riga Airport , Latvia , all of which have seen service with Aeroflot at some time during their flying careers . |
| 35 | He had seen Hugo from time to time in the intervening years ; he knew from Hugo 's cousin Christian that his former tutor had fallen on hard times . |
| 36 | Would it not be a good thing if the Government explained to the people of Wolverhampton , perhaps even by taking an advertisement in the Express and Star , that the gross overspending has continued year after year because Wolverhampton council has seen education in terms of employing people in schools , not in terms of providing good education ? |
| 37 | He had last seen Ho at school with a cut lip . |
| 38 | Evidence of this could be seen week after week from 1989 onwards . |
| 39 | The American art historian whom she had met in Perugia reappeared as professor on a sabbatical from his East Coast university , and was to be seen dining with Esther in restaurants beyond the reach of the undergraduate purse : the Arts Theatre Restaurant , Miller 's , the Garden House Hotel . |
| 40 | We 've seen treaties on er nuclear disarmament , we 've seen treaties on control of the Panama canal in recent years . |
| 41 | Have you seen size of joints of meat down there ? |
| 42 | We have seen instances of equation between E and E , and between P and P. We assume that equations between P and E are fundamentally incoherent ( though see the remarks below , concerning ( 37 ) ) . |
| 43 | Yes , er oh I should think er let's try the tomato one , I have n't had , I have n't seen sausages with tomato in before |
| 44 | Yeah I thought I 'd seen cloud on top on the hills . |
| 45 | They will be seen partaking of hospitality at college wine-and-cheese parties , at welcoming sherry receptions , at meetings of convocation and examination boards , at end-of-term wind-up parties and graduation celebrations . |
| 46 | Soon after his first brush with ravens he had seen buzzards like Woil in the distance . |
| 47 | Rex Cunningham had told her that he had seen Clare in possession of a photograph of me which had convinced him we were intimate friends . |
| 48 | The modern historian , on the other hand , tends to see individuals in conflict with the inertia of history and society . |
| 49 | I can see signs of improvement throughout the club . ’ |
| 50 | You may see groups of children around the community studying water life or bird watching . |
| 51 | I can see loads of uses for it . |
| 52 | Norman Lamont joins IBM as chief financial officer , says he sees glimmers of green among the brown shoots of economic winter . |
| 53 | He could see Kathleen in front of the treatment table , clutching a stitch-cutter like a lifeline , and as the man lunged at her he threw himself forward and grappled with him , falling with him to the floor . |
| 54 | Aitkenhead ( 1987 ) sees research on women as a way to start tackling men 's greater power in psychology . |
| 55 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 56 | Can see advantages in terms of ‘ broadening horizons ’ in theory . |
| 57 | I 'm cos I can see balls in front of me . |
| 58 | Ted and I will never see eye to eye about his clients , whom he likes , respects and positively enjoys dragging over hills to bag stags , whereas I loathe these numbskulls who think killing is ‘ sport ’ . |
| 59 | But then those two do n't see eye to eye about anything these days . |
| 60 | ‘ Well , we do n't always see eye to eye about things . |