Example sentences of "see [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what a sight it was to see them day after day , night after night , huddled in corners , crowded around drinks machines , arguing and agreeing , debating and disclaiming . |
| 2 | Seeing my work in print was great — as was getting the royalty cheque — I still have n't cashed it ! ’ |
| 3 | I moved back in with my Grandfather , changing schools once again and seeing my Mom at week-ends . |
| 4 | This undemanding life-cycle had never been disrupted and I read the new lecture list partly just out of habit and partly for the simple pleasure of seeing my name in print . |
| 5 | A good reputation will be merely a means to winning what I want from others ; I shall care nothing for the respect or contempt of people who can not help or ham me , and find no pleasure in the prospect of millions seeing my face on television or reading my books after I am dead . |
| 6 | I did a a complete song and it 's finished , right and I was thinking of actually erm seeing my mate in London who 'd get it cut on vinyl record . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going to see my sister in Kettlewell . ’ |
| 8 | I am going to see my dad in London tonight . |
| 9 | They went to see my husband in hospital and asked him to see them when he came out . |
| 10 | At least try to see my point of view . ’ |
| 11 | We talked for many weeks , and gradually he genuinely came to see my point of view and to agree that it made sense . |
| 12 | I hope they will be able to see my point of view just as I will be open to their views and opinions about this issue . |
| 13 | I do n't wish your sister any harm , but you should try to see my side of things . ’ |
| 14 | The recent box-office calamity of Marjorie Morningstar , was another example ; the big-budget Warner Brothers adaptation of Herman Wouk 's best-selling novel , starring Natalie Wood and Gene Kelly , ended up so dismally after such a huge build-up that Natalie began seeing her analyst at lunchtimes as well . |
| 15 | Seeing her father with Mathilde briefly , she was again impressed by how happy they always were together . |
| 16 | His mother Alison , 34 , got so fed up with seeing her son in tears she kept him away from Penrhys Junior School in Rhondda , Mid Glamorgan . |
| 17 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 18 | Bernard insisted on seeing her copy before publication which irked Ms Groom . |
| 19 | Leapor , however , did not live to see her work in print . |
| 20 | Her life has been a prototypical starlet scenario : country girl with dreams comes to the city and gets to see her name in lights . |
| 21 | Mrs Cooke will have friends and relations who will buy papers to see her name in print . |
| 22 | I have a grand-niece , my brother 's granddaughter , and two Saturdays ago I went to see her dance in Denver — and she danced just as I 've always wanted to dance . ’ |
| 23 | So near that , had he glanced sideways , he would have been bound to see her standing with Thomas . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm going to Mr Drewer 's office , ’ she told Jimmy when he came back , and taking the envelope with her resignation in with her , she went to see her head of department . |
| 25 | ‘ Gone to see her sister at Eastleech , ’ came the reply . |
| 26 | If Rhoda had gone to see her sister in Eastleech , surely she would have called in to see if she had any messages . |
| 27 | Your washing-up lady left a message that she was three weeks in arrears and she was going to see her brother in Brighton — whatever that means — anyway I took it out of the petty cash and paid her . |
| 28 | That afternoon she had been to see her doctor in Paris . |
| 29 | The new partnership allows Diana to base herself at Kensington Palace and to continue to see her circle of friends including James Gilbey and James Hewitt . |
| 30 | In the recent cup tie at Stradey Park I was saddened to see their lack of commitment , but a recent big win at Newport has given them more confidence and I think that we should watch out for them next season . |