Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would be very sad to see Middlesbrough without first-class cricket . ’ |
| 2 | A consequence of seeing rules in this way is that a very high degree of consensus concerning the rule is to be expected among members cf the group or sub-culture in which the rule applies . |
| 3 | It was to see houses on expensive sites rise constantly higher , the consequent birth of the ‘ lift ’ or ‘ elevator ’ , and in the 1880s the construction of the first ‘ skyscrapers ’ in the United States . |
| 4 | The Government are well aware of the problems on the London-Tilbury and Southend line and are keen to see improvements in that service . |
| 5 | The CTO will often ask to see copies of relevant correspondence between the parties and the legal advisors subject to any privilege rights . |
| 6 | Acutely embarrassed by this unexpected disclosure , the British government hastily added a clause to the 1911 Official Secrets Act giving it the right to see copies of all cables if an emergency existed . |
| 7 | Elizabeth said she would like to see copies of these letters , and she gave them to Mrs Spurling — this , I think , justifies the presence of Braemar letters here . |
| 8 | GEORGE Wimpey , Britain 's second-biggest house-builder , yesterday joined the growing chorus of businesses seeing signs of economic recovery , despite unveiling huge losses for 1992 . |
| 9 | So if people are going into their Community Centre over the next week , they can expect to , to see part of this campaign ? |
| 10 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
| 11 | I do n't want to see Sarah in that way , and I would n't want her to see me in that kind of light either . ’ |
| 12 | And she would want to see monitoring of any pubs admitting children , with premises carefully vetted before permission to let in youngsters was granted . |
| 13 | The West began to see aid to Eastern Europe as more important than aid to the Third World — ‘ charity begins at home ’ . |
| 14 | The effect of excessive development on the environment in North Yorkshire , and the second on is a relationship with places like Cleveland and West Yorkshire and the need to continue to see regeneration within those areas . |
| 15 | I remembered seeing pictures of German prisoners carrying what was described as their emergency Red Cross clothing in Tate and Lyle sugar boxes through London . |
| 16 | ‘ I would love to have seen 400,000 kids coming along to see Kylie on this tour , but it just is not possible , ’ said Waterman . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I 'm on edge , but I should n't take it out on you — you ca n't be exactly jumping for joy at the thought of seeing Garry with another woman . ’ |
| 18 | Day after day , they watched the north road with muskets at the ready , expecting to see columns of blue-uniformed men marching towards them , but they never came . |
| 19 | In order to see context-dependence in conditioned suppression it will be necessary to devise a procedure in which the contribution of the inhibitory association will be negligible . |
| 20 | erm if erm have you seen , seen Ian since those tutorials at all ? |
| 21 | Dr Carson described it as a ‘ very rare ’ cause of death and said that neither he nor his colleagues had ever seen cases with such severity of infection of the umbilical cord . |
| 22 | I had n't seen Malc for some months . |
| 23 | He could have seen money in this right off and been leading Dr. Favor on , seeing to make about a month 's wages in three days if he kept all the fares ; and why would n't he ? |
| 24 | I 've been going to the cinema ever since I was 7 years old and I 've seen fights at many films . |
| 25 | He 's also seen action at both Sheffield clubs , United and Wednesday ; Everton , Newcastle , West Brom , Man City and Luton where he scored last season . |
| 26 | Several times I had seen Gwenellen with that barrier down , but never Aline . |
| 27 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 28 | Today he had seen violence at first hand . |
| 29 | The late 80's have seen investment in new systems — for home shopping £35 million in the past five years on computers |
| 30 | Have you seen mess on that floor in back of that , in office ? |