Example sentences of "see [noun prp] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time .
2 I reckoned , however , that if I went back to Edinburgh , I could see Leslie for the occasional ‘ forty-eight hours ’ .
3 For his summer holiday he went with Henry Legerton to Positano , seeing Italy for the first time , and sent a card to Hanns : ‘ We have lounged like lizards .
4 When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’
5 I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May .
6 For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours .
7 ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice .
8 He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time .
9 The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 .
10 Seeing London for the first time , not very impressed , I I liked Crystal Palace but tt .
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