Example sentences of "see his [noun sg] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prouder and more articulate seaman had seen his pay and status in continuous decline from 1815 when , at the , end of the Napoleonic wars , " the government , without the least consideration for those who had battled on the ocean in defence of their king and country , disbanded the Fleets and cast adrift some thousands of Seamen suddenly to find employment in the merchant service " . |
| 2 | The other soldier explained that his friend had intimations that he would never see his wife and child again . |
| 3 | And he could see his Mum and Dad outside the house talking to Jack . |
| 4 | ‘ He is many hundreds of miles away from his family and likes to go home and see his mother and father , who are elderly , ’ said Mr Ripman . |
| 5 | But whereas the long version refers only to the words in Lamentations 1:12 ( O all ye that pass by the way , attend , and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow ) , the short version incorporates all the references to focus more sharply on the organic relationship between man and Christ whose natural growth is blasted by sin : And only in the short version does the meditator acknowledge this by identifying himself with the penitent thief pleading for pardon to be extended to him , and confessing his failure to acknowledge Christ as the true source of his integrity : In both versions the meditator admits that the very ability to recognise the life-giving power in Christ is a sign that he in fact has the love of God even if he does not feel it : And in both , as the meditator sees his betrayal and sense of deprivation borne by Christ in His words : " My god , my dere god , why hastow al forsakyn me … ( 89. cf.102 ) he imagines himself lying down among the bones of dead men on mount Calvary , taking the foot of the Cross in his arms , the stench of death in his nostrils . |
| 6 | The Profitboss sees his time and energy as a primary investment source . |
| 7 | The man spits hatred at anyone who sees his humiliation and affliction . |
| 8 | I think I saw his Mum and Dad . |
| 9 | She saw his sister and nephew next morning as she was loading her car with her carvings to take to the hospital . |
| 10 | Now he saw his chance and desperation forced him to take the risk of climbing down on to the line in the darkness . |
| 11 | Witnesses at their wild parties saw his restlessness and rage . |
| 12 | I thought a lot about his character , and although I was aware of his faults , I also saw his goodness and kindness to me . |
| 13 | Ipswich 's next meeting is on Good Friday and Zdenek Tesar has taken the opportunity of the break to return to Czechoslovakia to see his wife and daughter and do some cross country skiing near his mountain home . |
| 14 | Robert turned to see his mother and father peering down at him anxiously . |