Example sentences of "see a [adj] [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent years have seen a developing concern with individualism and the resulting difficulties surrounding working class political organisation . |
| 2 | ‘ Have you seen a tall guy with dark hair carrying a bag ? ’ |
| 3 | If you 've ever looked up at a stage and seen a strange device with an illuminated spinning dial and wondered what it was , chances are it was a strobe tuner . |
| 4 | An observer would have seen a raggedy man with his possessions gathered into a couple of carrier bags , his hair uncombed , and no life in his eyes at all . |
| 5 | ‘ We have seen a steady rise with figures just over three times what they were in September for adults seeking advice , ’ Mr. Barnes added . |
| 6 | ‘ Have you seen a yellow pony with a white face ? |
| 7 | Have you seen a yellow pony with a white face ? ’ |
| 8 | When these are compared with the word ’ river ’ and its definition ( which might contain words like ’ stream ’ , ’ water ’ , ’ flow ’ , etc. ) , we can immediately see a greater overlap with the geographical definition of ’ bank ’ . |
| 9 | When do you ever see a poor man with someone twenty years younger ? ’ |
| 10 | Wan na see a dirty movie with Muppet look-alikes taking drugs , dying of Aids and making blue movies ? |
| 11 | He could see a tiny backyard with a scrap of lawn and a few flowers . |
| 12 | And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains . |
| 13 | In his own house the curtains were open , the light was on and he could see a young girl with a pigtail , seated at the piano . |
| 14 | Can you see a young man with a background like his taking any interest in a girl from Whitechapel ? ’ |
| 15 | He was afraid of finding the London bands too good , as if he 'd see a young group with such talent and promise that his own brittle hopes and aspirations would be exploded in a terrifying second of illumination and self-knowledge . |
| 16 | From this perspective we can see a direct contrast with the normativist style . |
| 17 | For four days he seemed barely alive , but on the fifth he sat up and opened his eyes , ‘ seeing a vast procession with people singing and making all kinds of commotion ’ . |
| 18 | She was surprised , accordingly , to see a stout woman with a dog , a small black dog , approach ; and then knew disbelief . |
| 19 | I 'm keen to see a real dialogue with our members , er , how we achieve that I do n't know , we 've got the most enormous diversity of membership as I mentioned in my speech , but the more that we can get a a good dialogue going , and certainly I used to be a member of Health and erm , Disability Group , and remember that it was a very useful meeting point , er , as well as a good arena for developing policy initiatives . |
| 20 | To see a strange room with a view of white hills out of the window , and a sheathed sword propped against the table . |
| 21 | Principally the visit had been to see a senior boy with lifelong problems who had suddenly become unmanageable and would have to be admitted to an asylum , but while there he had been asked to assess Anna Beckett , a child who had moved him strangely . |
| 22 | Letty knocked and glancing up Emily saw a slight figure with a mass of dark hair following the maid into the room . |
| 23 | In contrast to scholars , both Catholic and Protestant , who developed the concept of biblical accommodation , de Zuñiga saw a literal congruence with what Copernicus had proposed . |
| 24 | It was Saturday evening as we neared the low-lying reaches of sandy shore and the outlying rocks of Tiree , and the sun was setting peacefully as our steamer came alongside of the stone pier at Scaranish Harbour , and we saw a sand-environed bay with some veteran sloops fixed in the sand — no more to mount o'er the waves of ocean , and spread ample sails to the breeze of heaven — left there , I am told , because it would not be deemed lucky to break them up . |
| 25 | I looked through the telescope and saw a small boy with a bag over his shoulder . |
| 26 | Instead of the great undulations of disturbed earth thrown up by the Worm , he saw a filled-in trench with fresh turf covering the rawness . |
| 27 | He turned , bewildered , and saw a big man with spiky grey hair , a tanned skin and eyes that later always seemed to be the colour of phlegm . |
| 28 | A little boy tugged at my skirt ; I looked down and saw a brown face with the sun on it , smiling . |
| 29 | Finally , on 16th June , 1703 , we saw a large island with a small piece of land joined to it . |
| 30 | ‘ At the moment I see a good future with the C.P.S. The career structure has recently been improved . |