Example sentences of "see [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | True , I had the somewhat grisly T-shirt and track-suit bottoms which had gamely seen me through a two-hour run-through , but they were in a state and could probably have walked unaided to the BBC on their own . |
| 32 | You have n't seen me since the bad time with the lawyers . ’ |
| 33 | I only wish Daddy could have seen me in the black lace dress . |
| 34 | She had seen them through a strange fuzzy blankness , as if they were constructs of her subconscious which were being projected against her closed eyelids . |
| 35 | On the contrary , the miners ' wives seemed desperate to keep the spirit that had seen them through the long months , the solidarity and friendship and , above all , the feeling that together they could do something to change the world and make it a better place , not only for themselves , but for all those suffering injustice . |
| 36 | He had seen them through the lean years , and here now was a good harvest . |
| 37 | We live in a technological age , and there are going to be major changes without a doubt , we 've all seen them over the past few decades , and into the future there are going to be many major changes . |
| 38 | Some have seen them as a fine declaration of faith , but they are not . |
| 39 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 40 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 41 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 42 | In the life she led it would have been all too easy to succumb to the myriad temptations on offer , but she had seen them for the shallow , worthless things they were , and valued her self-respect too highly to accept dross when she knew she must seek for gold . |
| 43 | Perhaps they had been loaded on the train many hours before Holly , because they seemed to him to be sleeping when he had first seen them in the darkened carriage . |
| 44 | Certainly , these designs were employed for a period of at least forty years , and their designers might not always have seen them in the same light . |
| 45 | For Liverpool , this season 's troubles have seen them in an unfamiliar battle to avoid being sucked into the relegation fight but Souness admitted : ‘ It was a good game for us to win . |
| 46 | Might I have seen you on the Great White Way ? ’ |
| 47 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 48 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 49 | ‘ I have n't seen you in a long time . ’ |
| 50 | I have n't seen you in a long time . |
| 51 | The tight one will I 've never seen you in a tight dress though , you do n't let me see so I |
| 52 | One , an older school , has seen him as a noble if embattled statesman . |
| 53 | Leslie had an aunt in Durban , but by great misfortune disembarkation was on this occasion not allowed , and he did not meet the relative who had last seen him as a little boy in Scotland . |
| 54 | He could only assume that , being unaware of his true status as a DIA agent , the DEA and its oversight agency , the FBI , had seen him as a soft target , and framed the passport violation charge as a means of silencing an awkward witness without realizing who he was or the damage they were doing . |
| 55 | She had hardly seen him over the last months . |
| 56 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 57 | His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement . |
| 58 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 59 | He claimed he got started after being spotted in a bar by someone who mistakenly thought they had seen him in a male model magazine . |
| 60 | I 've seen him in a proper leather jacket . |