Example sentences of "see a [noun] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the other quotation ( 2.21.6 ) he appears to have taken the Gorgon Medusa killed by Perseus as a member of a wild Libyan race : " he ( Procles ) had seen a man from this race brought to Rome " . |
| 2 | No human eye had ever seen a hound like this one . |
| 3 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 4 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 5 | This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect . |
| 6 | In February the clergy were outlawed ; although Winchelsey 's response was to excommunicate the violators of Clericis Laicos , Edward had already seen a way past this . |
| 7 | A creature who had never seen a world outside this Castle . |
| 8 | ‘ Police , ’ one cop said , and he felt ridiculous , in full uniform , his truncheon out , but , twenty years in the job , he had never , in all his time , seen a house like this before . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never seen a report like this . |
| 10 | ‘ Have humans ever seen a Ship like this before ? ’ |
| 11 | We have already seen a form of this in the accompaniment to Webern 's song in Op. 23 quoted above ( Example 134 ) . |
| 12 | It grew to its current size by selling mainframes in the 1960s and 1970s but since then has seen a decline in this business . |
| 13 | However , I have never seen a copy of this circulated at the subdivision level at any location I have worked ; and outside force HQ the availability of any research or analytic literature on policing falls off dramatically . |
| 14 | And that 's the only way I can see a way through this , thinking okay they 've got this ideology , they 've tried it twice and it still has n't worked . |
| 15 | We 're gon na see a lot of this happening cos this talking comes cheap , er crime and the rest of it . |
| 16 | I think we 'll see a lot of this the second half . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you see a picture of this man ? ’ |
| 18 | They can talk to a player , warn him and if he persists caution him so I do n't see a need for this new law . ’ |
| 19 | You see the the inlet pipes and the outlets and this you ca n't see a thing of this , you ought to go and have a look at this place sometime . |
| 20 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 21 | The newspaper readership tables produced for the advertising industry ( Tables 6.2 and 6.3 , for example ) used rather generous definitions of ‘ read ’ , along the lines ‘ Did you see a copy of this paper yesterday ? ’ |
| 22 | Yes , please , I wondered just quickly erm the letter to the foreign office , has there , can we see a copy of this ? |
| 23 | if it sees a needs for this . |
| 24 | Now imagine the case where the authorities wish to see a reduction in this rate of expansion . |
| 25 | Under-age sides are entitled to their share of the cake and it 's encouraging to see a spread of this cash to help underwrite various competitions . ’ |
| 26 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 27 | and that 's it do n't forget about our competition … to try to pick the new manager here at the Manor ground … you know Anne there has been some thoughts they 'd like to see a women in this chair … what do you reckon |
| 28 | I would very much like to see a copy of this book and also , if possible , some sample units from the second book : ‘ Talking about the Past ’ . |
| 29 | You 're going to see a lot of this stained glass window over the coming weeks . |
| 30 | Before he could say anything Mrs Woodward exclaimed ‘ Is n't it strange to see a train at this time of night ? ’ |