Example sentences of "see [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 2 | However , in seeing hope beyond the pain of the moment , Skin have lost their greatest hold on us . |
| 3 | However , in seeing hope beyond the pain of the moment , Skin have lost their greatest hold on us . |
| 4 | We therefore wish to see removal of the advice that planning authorities should consider ‘ the likely effect on the operation of the business ’ when considering justifiable enforcement action . |
| 5 | The document itself was not privileged and to that extent the other side was entitled to see part of the materials with the brief . |
| 6 | In the spring and summer of 1936 , she went to the Mercury Theatre on at least seven occasions in order to see Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 7 | The Hercules came over from Lockheed in America , to replace the Hastings which was tired and outdated after seeing action during the war . |
| 8 | After seeing action in the Suez campaign of 1956 , it saw service with 57S in a training role , with the remainder of its service life being spent with 14 Flotille , the last Aeronavale unit to use the type , before being retired in 1964 . |
| 9 | We would like to see work at the accident blackspots ; junctions and blind bends where you ca n't see . |
| 10 | He hopes to see work on the issue of support , particularly pairing up with another person . |
| 11 | Thus in general it seems a mistake to see attitudinism as the enemy of reason in ethics . |
| 12 | Restoration of old cars is a way of life in this country , with many beautiful maintained Morris Minors , Ford Anglias and Triumph Heralds still to be seen bowling along the roads , so giving a new lease of life to old aeroplanes seems to come naturally . |
| 13 | Indeed , it was the first motor car seen west of the Shannon . |
| 14 | Recently Stornoway customs officers warned Danish colleagues of a suspicious vessel seen west of the Hebrides . |
| 15 | He was sixty-four now , but as a young man he had been in the army and seen action on the North-West Frontier . |
| 16 | Cumberland was four months younger than Prince Charles , though , like him , he had seen action at the age of 13 . |
| 17 | Haig had seen action in the Sudan in 1898 and at the Battle of Omdurman , where he served with the Egyptian cavalry . |
| 18 | At Homestead they were guests of the 482 Tactical Fighter Wing which recently had seen action in the Gulg , and It was here that each was given a certificate making them Honorary F-16 Fighter Pilots . |
| 19 | As he left the village he passed the field where he had first seen Tess at the dance . |
| 20 | But the politicians have also seen research in the arts , social and natural sciences , as a vital part of national development : the government has been a generous sponsor of research , partly to underpin West Germany 's thriving high technology industries , and partly to continue rebuilding intellectual life after its almost total dissolution in the 1930s . |
| 21 | The foresters gave evidence that two townsmen of Colchester had been seen hunting in the forest , but had evaded attachment . |
| 22 | One woman was prepared to swear she had seen Sellotape on the back of Pike 's neck . |
| 23 | Cnut 's absence had obviously seen unrest in the area , but unless it was connected with the return of the ætheling Eadwig ( date unknown , see above ) its nature is obscure . |
| 24 | Recent studies from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ( MAFF ) have now seen evidence of the migration of dioxins from chlorine bleached milk cartons into milk after a period of storage . |
| 25 | Black figures could be seen milling round the ditch at the far end of it . |
| 26 | Between 10 and 16 live whales were seen milling around the mouth of the Nene at 8.30 that morning ; low water was at midday , and at about 5 that afternoon the pod was seen swimming off to the north on the rising tide . |
| 27 | She stood where she had seen Scathach in the story , his face now indistinguishable from the young man with whom she travelled . |
| 28 | Leoni was an adventurer in the service of Charles V and Phillip II of Spain , and also claimed — rightly , it would appear — to have seen service at the oar of a rowed galley . |
| 29 | He had seen service in the Boer War and the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 in China before service on the Royal Yacht during King Edward VII 's reign . |
| 30 | As the 50th anniversary of the ending of World War II approaches , an increasing percentage of pensioners will have seen service in the Forces , or are the widows of ex-servicemen . |