Example sentences of "see it [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I came down when my husband was working on the factory site then as I say , prior to us coming to live here this was had n't been even built so we 've seen it grow from the floor to what it is today , you know ?
2 I have seen it grow from the seed , until now it dominates his thinking .
3 We 've already seen it happen with the youth training .
4 The longer she gazed down , through the tendril of tobacco smoke , the more the meeting merged into the older , stronger established patterns and colours of the valley floor until , eyes half-closed , she saw it disappear into the ancient landscape …
5 The next century saw it pass through the hands of the Arundell , Ockold and Ridler families .
6 She saw it move in the forest like a gleam of something white .
7 They cut its supports , then saw it crash through the floor they were on … and two more … and hit the ground with such a clatter that security men half a mile away alerted police .
8 and they have that right to say well it 's in the national court we 're going to leave it there , erm , well so , so I think we would be reluctant to see it go to the commission erm Delimitis does say in the paragraph after what , after fifty three it says well your alternatives is to send it off to Luxembourg
9 I was particularly pleased to see it go on the ZZAP !
10 ‘ I want to see it drop into the Pacific . ’
11 In a business where fees are usually paid on a success only , rather than an hourly , basis , this may come a bit hard to people who have worked hard for two or three months on a deal only to see it fall at the last hurdle .
12 I come to its edge and see it cool amongst the rushes , a place of little fish and soft green grass .
13 I see it hump through the waves .
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