Example sentences of "see [indef pn] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen no-one on his way here . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , but you have seen nothing of our city . ’ |
| 3 | He had seen nothing in her lifestyle and her actions which led him to believe that she was then or wished again to become a Jehovah 's Witness . |
| 4 | She 's an artist , but I ai n't seen none of her paintings . |
| 5 | She put down the book and said abruptly : ‘ I gather you 've seen something of my father ? ’ |
| 6 | The old lady who had seen something from her window , all those years ago . |
| 7 | FitzAlan must have seen something in her face , because he took her hand briefly , his fingers tightening ever so slightly around hers in a gesture meant to reassure . |
| 8 | I 'm sure I 've seen one in her house |
| 9 | There 've not been trains in Barney for 30 years ; a lot of them had never seen one in their lives . ’ |
| 10 | Oh I 've never even seen anything of her Jane |
| 11 | ‘ You have n't seen anything of our Betty , have you , Ben ? ’ she asked . |
| 12 | Mind , when I give 'im the wallet and 'e looked inside it , 'e was a mite more pleasant , even if I could n't see nothing but 'is mince pies and 'is 'ooter . |
| 13 | She was n't surprised when she raised her hand and could see nothing before her eyes . |
| 14 | If you can manage to get one photo of a gunmen in all that crowd , how many more were there they did n't get a photo of you know , erm , so that 's bull shit for a start the said that they only fired upon identified targets , going on motorbikes , and erm , I mean the thing is , the para 's are a highly disciplined , highly trained apparently at a you were n't even allowed to go out there without at least five years experience yeah , they were soldiers , they need and I ca n't believe that they negligibly you know , cos there was women and children there , and nearly all of them had wives and kids , you know , and there was reports from like the Irish saying oh yeah , they were mixing body er , care and body people and fucking laughing and joking over dead bodies and my old man said yeah if you just , if you just seen something drop most people will laugh and joke about it , you know I do n't know if you 've ever meet this sort of , old man , but the service sort of a , a unique sense of they can laugh at anything , you know they can see somebody with its guts put out in front of them and they 'll fucking crack out about it , its the only way they can stop themselves cracking up , or fucking crying sort of thing . |
| 15 | The reader must see everything through her eyes , and , as I have already said , it is vital that your reader identifies with her . |
| 16 | Miss Abbott , when you came to my house the other day and wandered round my studio and let me see something of your thoughts , it was as if a gale had blown through all the dust and cobwebs , all the mouldering old habits that were growing up round me like ivy , and when you had gone , I tore that canvas off the easel and smashed it — ’ |
| 17 | Yet I was n't imagining it , I did see something in his expression — Her shoulders slumped . |
| 18 | But look at the three vanguard social reforms through the eyes of a Conservative MP defending a small majority , and you will see naught for his comfort . |
| 19 | Could n't see anything of her face at all . ’ |
| 20 | After almost fifty years with Nuffield Press in Oxford , the last five under the ownership of Robert Maxwell , he 's been told he wo n't see anything of his pension fund totalling around thirty-eight thousand pounds … |
| 21 | You might be lucky enough to see one in your garden , if you have one . |
| 22 | And , while she was suddenly a little mesmerised to see a return of that charm , ‘ You mentioned to my secretary yesterday that you were hoping to see something of my country , ’ he reminded her . |
| 23 | I 've explained that you 'd like to see something of his island . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think she 's seeing something of my brother , ’ said Alexandra . |
| 25 | She heard nothing else , saw nothing but his face , felt nothing apart from the out-of-control pounding of her heart . |
| 26 | Merrill , watching him closely , saw nothing in his expression except genuine regret and concern . |
| 27 | The Duke of Edinburgh saw none of his children being born , but no one was surprised at Prince Charles ' presence at the birth of Prince William . |
| 28 | Marc 's eyes opened a fraction wider and she saw something in his eyes that had n't been there before . |
| 29 | Once I even thought I saw one with my eyes open . |
| 30 | ‘ I have never been so glad to see anyone in my life , ’ I said , ‘ nor so surprised . ’ |