Example sentences of "see [indef pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope you manage to see everyone during the holiday period , as I know how much that means to you . |
| 2 | He was staring out of the carriage window , seeing nothing of the countryside because the image of Sarah with Corrie Palmer in her arms was superimposed on everything he looked at , and it was then he remembered something important . |
| 3 | She walked the short distance to work , seeing nothing of the beauty of the day . |
| 4 | I had needed to break our journey north int he capital to see someone in the tourist board 's head office . |
| 5 | The former Cardiff winger has his faults but so far he has adapted well to his new code and in a Bradford side playing more expansively these days is seeing plenty of the ball . |
| 6 | I warrant you 've seen nothing but the road between your horse 's ears for days . ’ |
| 7 | Fabia went to bed that night having seen nothing of the man who had given her a lift , but with other more important issues rising to the surface . |
| 8 | Furse had no personal experience of imperial administration , and until he began the series of journeys associated with his work of recruitment , had seen nothing of the empire apart from a brief visit to Ceylon . |
| 9 | She said well I have n't seen nothing since the baby been born . |
| 10 | I have n't heard anything on the radio , seen nothing in the press , nothing on the box . |
| 11 | They just do nt seem to be sharp enough or is it that midfield are n't providing good service — I ca n't really say as I 've seen none of the games , just read reports . |
| 12 | I mean I they 've got a , a stall on the market , I 've seen something on the market on that stall , but they 've not got it in their size and they 'll say to you , ooh , go over to the shop , you know , and you go over |
| 13 | In the event , Sodom could not produce even ten good men , but we have seen something of the lengths to which God 's mercy goes . |
| 14 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 15 | She stopped me in town funny enough erm oh a good couple of weeks ago like , she says to me oh have you heard , cos I was saying about oh we 'd seen something in the shop , it was ever so nice , I said oh I 'm too fat for that she said ooh have you seen , she must be erm infat you know bloody infatuated with dieting |
| 16 | Since then , they estimate that he has seen something in the region of 70 doctors . |
| 17 | Their Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus from the West Indies had been lost but he had seen one in the physic garden at Amsterdam where , with proper management , it was in great vigour . |
| 18 | Anyway , I phoned up the station and I said , you know , I 've never seen anybody on the station , is there anybody could come and have a look at this because I 'm sure we 're gon na have a fatality before long , because , in my case it 's my wife , it could be children who are playing there ! |
| 19 | I have n't seen anyone at the company for nearly , what , six seven years and already you say you want to speak to my friends . |
| 20 | The driver had not seen anyone on the platform and neither had the booking office clerk . |
| 21 | ‘ Nothing — I asked if he knew if she 'd seen anyone in the hospital recently , before we contacted Records . |
| 22 | ‘ Have you seen anything of the unicorn ? ’ |
| 23 | DS Tony Bull , of Clacton CID , said police officers were anxious to hear from anyone who had seen anything at the premises between about 7.45pm on Sunday and 7.30am on Monday . |
| 24 | I do n't know whether you 've seen anything in the paper about a mountain called the Matterhorn … ? ’ |
| 25 | At first she could see nothing except the river so many floors below them . |
| 26 | She looked out of the window , but could see nothing except the darkness . |
| 27 | The causeway commanded a view of all this region of the moor , but once he had jumped down and was in the shallow bowl of Goughdale , he could see nothing except the remains of surface workings and the louring slopes of Big Allen . |
| 28 | Nails , suddenly awakened , could see nothing except the light . |
| 29 | She could see nothing through the night — and hear nothing other than the sound of rolling waves — until the outline of the steep cliffs towered above her . |
| 30 | Minutes later , although we could still see nothing through the trees , we heard the dogs ' excited , nearly frantic , barking . |