Example sentences of "see [pers pn] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then I have always followed the fortunes of Preston and am saddened to see them languishing in the lower divisions . |
| 2 | ‘ I was sorry to see them striding along the walks at Tunbridge Wells with their arms akimbo , dressed in martial uniform , ’ wrote the authoress Elizabeth Montagu that spring of some fellow members of her sex . |
| 3 | They really are a very vibrant organization , and er , I think we really would wish them well , and , and very pleasing to see them adapting to the new circumstances . |
| 4 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 5 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 6 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |
| 7 | I hope that gradually we will stop seeing them begging on the streets without any prospects for their future . |
| 8 | Far from being an eyesore , local people get pleasure seeing them blowing in the wind . |
| 9 | Paul looks better , I seen him rushing down the road at great speed to catch the train , not looking as white as he was a few months ago . |
| 10 | After all , have you seen me moping around the place recently , getting depressed , crying ? |
| 11 | In desperation , he might appeal to witnesses who had seen me sitting on the bench in the park while he was talking to my double outside . |
| 12 | I did n't even wait for the curtain call and the audience must have seen me charging through the lobby as they made their way out . |
| 13 | He 's seen me talking to the great Walter Schellenberg . |
| 14 | I 've seen them towing across the sky with Beecham 's Pills written on them er it was a familiar sight in Walsall at the time , and also sometimes they had a plane sky-writing and they used to write Rinso in smoke in the sky . |
| 15 | You may have seen them walking through the woods and thought that they have a nice easy job . |
| 16 | Now , you did once tell me , very very recently in fact , that you were the the father of this Council s with rather a contradiction in fact was that because I 've seen you trotting around the corridors of this er this Council and it you 're more like the baby of the Council than er than the father , but I I do bow to your superior knowledge of Councilling . |
| 17 | Ted had been a little belligerent at first but a couple of hints that Pascoe had seen him drinking in the Club earlier and an oblique reference to the breathalyser test had calmed him down and made him most co-operative . |
| 18 | That moment when she had seen him standing on the jetty , a tall dark figure against the bright sun , would remain locked in her memory foever . |
| 19 | Now I 've seen him interfering with the smoke alarm now ! |
| 20 | Teacher never had a moment 's peace with him , and I could n't count the number of times I 've seen him waiting outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 21 | Dick 's career has seen him playing against the country 's best , even though he always remained a village player at heart . |
| 22 | She denied it but did not tell him she had seen him fighting with the pedlar or that the man had chased her and Oliver in Nice . |
| 23 | An officer who worked alongside her for many years interpreted the fact that he had seen her kneeling at the mercy seat more than any other officer as a sign of her close relationship with God and the constant need for the kind of realignment which requires a certain humbling of oneself . |
| 24 | Carlie believed everyone was out to do her in , and she had disliked Mrs Mason , the foster mother , as soon as she had seen her standing in the doorway . |
| 25 | The friar was sure he had seen her lying in the graveyard amongst the tombs with Simon the tiler , and he a married man with three children . |
| 26 | The slightly fatherly attendant said he was sure she was safely asleep , as he 'd seen her returning from the washroom at the end of the car and climbing up to her bunk . |
| 27 | He had seen her sitting at the high table among the other ladies of noble birth who served the Empress . |
| 28 | Emily knew that her beautiful daughter had a dozen friends at school , she had seen her walking down the street when classes were over , surrounded by other girls . |
| 29 | Rose said she 'd seen her walking in the direction of the milking sheds , and with a little nod Ellie went out into the grounds . |
| 30 | Coming early downstairs long before the others , she had seen it lying on the floor inside the door . |