Example sentences of "see the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huge crowds flock from East and West to see the second half of the artist 's career |
| 2 | Angelina 's voice made him jump and he forgot all about Pretty Polly , and all about his chances of sneaking away from the Canterbury trip tomorrow to see the second day of the Kent versus Australia match . |
| 3 | Not to mention a rapid passing on of mortgage cuts to bedraggled flocks of existing homeowners ; who are less than thrilled to see the first helping of crumbs go in instant cheap deals to first-time buyers . |
| 4 | He had stayed long enough to see the first stage of the counter-inflation policy accepted and the clash and confrontation of two years earlier replaced by a new partnership . |
| 5 | Possessed of such , and revelling in the distance set between them and miserable ‘ pragmatism ’ , Mrs Thatcher 's Conservative Party can still persuade itself to see the last decade as a period when undeviating conviction wrought a miracle in the land . |
| 6 | One of the things that those of us who were involved in local government campaigns were trying to do was to achieve some measure of redistribution in favour of all those lesbians and gays who do not belong to the charmed circles of The Swimming Pool Library — people who have no private income ; people who depend on their jobs and would welcome job security ; people who want council tenancies free of harassment , with friends and lovers of their choice ; people who want to meet others at venues which have disabled access , which are not commercially exploitative and which are run for the benefit of the community ; people who want to display affection or consensual desire publicly without fear of violence or arrest ; people who want to bring up children without intimidation from the courts or social workers ; people who have survived the indoctrination of the education system but do not want to see the next generation of lesbians and gays subjected to the same process ; people who wanted themselves and their lifestyles to be treated with respect by the health services . |
| 7 | Anyone seeing the second round of Ingle and Choi must have wondered how anyone could have decided that the Korean had won that round 5-2 . |
| 8 | As he responded , Rostov remembered the survey briefing and wondered if he was seeing the first evidence of genetic mutation . |
| 9 | They 're clearing the way for the new 600 series and we 're seeing the first evidence of the Japanese working practises . |
| 10 | The 1980s have been forecast as the Golden Decade of cometary research , seeing the first return of Halley since Mount Wilson was built and the launch of four cometary probes . |
| 11 | Helen wondered if she was seeing the first moment of a gathering hysteria . |
| 12 | She 'd been so angry , after seeing the first picture of him with Dara , that she 'd wanted to get rid of anything that had reminded her of their time together . |
| 13 | Flavia walked away from the Fourniers ' house seeing the next stage of her course . |
| 14 | ‘ And soon ’ — Dr Reid waved a hand dramatically — ‘ you 'll be seeing the eighth wonder of the world . |
| 15 | I I 've only ever seen the first film of it . |
| 16 | The academic year 1992/3 has seen the first year of fully modularised courses at Napier . |
| 17 | you have already seen the first part of that intent . |
| 18 | But in that case the expression " I was alone " would have been banal : it is only after we have felt the isolation of the speaker in all its particularity , and have seen the last vestige of human life disappear over the horizon , that we can understand the force of the simple statement . |
| 19 | Clearly er , it 's er , again in , in paragraph four , under future budget of er , the services is going to be critical , if you 've seen the last couple of years that are defined in the pay , and that 's going to continue . |
| 20 | He wondered if Gilbert White had seen the last edition of the Dictionary ( the seventh , 1756–59 ) where he had incorporated all the latest improvements in the culture of the cantaloupe melon . |
| 21 | When seen the next morning in hospital , Pamela said she had not cared whether she lived or died when she took the overdose , but had hoped that it would show her parents how upset she was feeling about her school work , and that it might also persuade them to change their attitudes to her boyfriend . |
| 22 | Tomorrow sees the first round of the President 's Trophy takes place at Northern . |
| 23 | Today sees the first appearance of the American team , comprising John McEnroe and Pam Shriver , who face Australia . |
| 24 | Next year sees the 50th anniversary of the astonishing Dambusters raid . |
| 25 | THIS year sees the 50th anniversary of the launch of HMS Khedive , an assault fighter aircraft carrier which operated with distinction in the South of France landings and in the Aegean Sea , and later against the Japanese . |
| 26 | IT is hoped that 1993 will see the first working of an ex-B.R. main line loco on the former Mangotsfield to Bath branch when Bulleid Un rebuilt Battle of Britain 34072 ‘ 257 Squadron ’ makes a visit to the Avon Valley Railway . |
| 27 | Well I 'll just see the first part of Eastenders if I can cos I 've seen the second part . |
| 28 | The auction will also see the first work by Antonio Lopez Garcia to be put up for sale in London or New York and his ‘ Ataud ’ of 1957 is estimated at £180–250,000 ( $315–440,000 ) . |
| 29 | Thus a process which started in early 1988 will see the first holder of an HNC in Accounting emerge in the summer of 1991 , and the first holder of an HND in Accounting in 1992 . |
| 30 | Angel could see the first light in the east . |