Example sentences of "see [pers pn] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am happy to see them in this workmanlike state . |
| 2 | language … gives structure to experience , and helps to determine our way of looking at things , so that it requires some intellectual effort to see them in any other way than that which our language suggests to us . |
| 3 | Very good of you to see me at such short notice . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why do you insist on seeing me in this horrible way ? ’ she finished up . |
| 5 | I met some now very loyal friends who have seen me through these last three and a half years . |
| 6 | ‘ Since then , he 's seen me through some incredible times . |
| 7 | I 'm very sorry , ’ said Breeze sedately , ‘ that you should have seen me in that cowardly moment . ’ |
| 8 | I 've seen you on that same stage hesitant , unsure of yourself , struggling to get by . ’ |
| 9 | Believe me , if I had seen her in any other place , I would have dismissed her as a witch from a mummer 's play . |
| 10 | We 'll be seeing you in another two weeks anyway , wo n't we ? |
| 11 | It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment . |
| 12 | ‘ So I wo n't be able to see you for those two weeks . |
| 13 | You do n't know how glad I was to see you in that little cottage talking to old Freitas . |
| 14 | Afterwards , Lord Sterling sent a facsimile message from Britannia to Buffalo , which read : ‘ Delighted to see you in such splendid company on this great occasion . ’ |
| 15 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 16 | Fresh air is what you need — that and time will see you through these early discomforts . |
| 17 | She could not see him in any such clear moralistic light . |
| 18 | You hear about the times of good King Hal , and the rather implausible suggestion that he wrote ‘ Greensleeves ’ , but I do n't see him in any romantic light at all . |
| 19 | " You wo n't see her for another half an hour . " |
| 20 | So that when you lock up and maybe do n't see it for another four |
| 21 | Oh no wo n't see it with that flipping big collar on my school shirt ! |
| 22 | And you , A types can not see it in any other way . |
| 23 | You never knew when your luck would turn — another mean Taibach slogan to see him through these dazzling fields of honey and clover . |
| 24 | Through the discipline of such action , that is , through karma yoga , which involves ahi sā , we come to the realization of Truth or God , for to realize God is to see Him in all that lives , and to recognize our oneness with all creation . |
| 25 | Unlike the others , she did n't rush to say how pleased she was to see him after all this time ; she did n't make polite small talk about Lucasta Redburn 's death . |
| 26 | As she may not be a particularly gregarious person she will experience great loneliness after her husband 's death , and her need will be for the company of her family and a few special friends to see her through this difficult period . |
| 27 | Having always taken great pains over her appearance , the thought of Brian seeing her in such hideous circumstances appalled her . |
| 28 | ‘ I just never saw her during those early years because I was always away , ’ he says . |
| 29 | What on earth would she think if she saw her in this ridiculous get-up ? |
| 30 | She loved him neither for his even disposition or vast estate — for neither could he offer — and saw him through many tempestuous years of attempts to influence bands and musicians to the floaty sounds that have now met such brilliant commercial success . |