Example sentences of "see [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 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 .
6 The Hercules came over from Lockheed in America , to replace the Hastings which was tired and outdated after seeing action during the war .
7 We would like to see work at the accident blackspots ; junctions and blind bends where you ca n't see .
8 He hopes to see work on the issue of support , particularly pairing up with another person .
9 Thus in general it seems a mistake to see attitudinism as the enemy of reason in ethics .
10 He was sixty-four now , but as a young man he had been in the army and seen action on the North-West Frontier .
11 Cumberland was four months younger than Prince Charles , though , like him , he had seen action at the age of 13 .
12 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 .
13 As he left the village he passed the field where he had first seen Tess at the dance .
14 The foresters gave evidence that two townsmen of Colchester had been seen hunting in the forest , but had evaded attachment .
15 One woman was prepared to swear she had seen Sellotape on the back of Pike 's neck .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Black figures could be seen milling round the ditch at the far end of it .
19 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 .
20 She stood where she had seen Scathach in the story , his face now indistinguishable from the young man with whom she travelled .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 And in the Stop Hinkley Centre , Jill Sutcliffe , an experienced campaigner who had seen Luxulyan from the gantry head , was ready to encourage and advise the uncertain before they took the stage in front of the cold , piercing gazes of the lawyers and the Inspector .
24 The year has seen success in the development and commercialisation of a new series of fast fire glazes for the previously unavailable from less sophisticated systems .
25 He told them that none of the servants had seen Putt since the forest ‘ accident ’ .
26 ‘ They 've seen Doctor In The House images — all work , and medical textbooks being pored over .
27 The early part of 1992 had seen controversy within the government over policy and the government 's composition .
28 From the amount of iron signals and other factors it would soon be possible to determine if the land had seen habitation in the past .
29 I should have liked to have seen Sligo at the turn of the century , or failing that , in sunny weather .
30 Cregeen died on Good Friday , 9 April 1841 , and was buried 13 April in Arbory churchyard , where his elegant box-tomb is still to be seen south-east of the church .
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