Example sentences of "seen flying [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Small parties are also frequently seen flying over the interior of the county . |
2 | The water surface then acts as an entrapping wall , although individual fish will often be seen flying through the air trying to avoid capture . |
3 | Those seen flying during the later part of the summer will be a second generation , hatched from eggs laid by the migrating individuals upon arrival . |
4 | The last of the swallows had gone long ago and now the black outline of rooks could be seen flying around the ploughed fields looking for grubs . |
5 | AD 793 ‘ In this year , dire forewarnings came over the land of the Northumbrians , and miserably terrified the people ; there were excessive whirlwinds and lightenings , and fiery dragons were seen flying in the air . ’ |