Example sentences of "it [be] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's seen service as a transporter in every action the airforce has been involved in since 1967 . |
| 2 | What a mouth-watering prospect it is to see Will Carling and Simon Halliday facing Jeremy Guscott and the emerging Phil de Glanville . |
| 3 | However , it is as naive to regard religious divisions as self-explanatory as it is to see nationalisms so . |
| 4 | What a thrill it is to see England against South Africa on 14th November , as the first match and , at the same time , not to have ticket availability restricted to two per club . |
| 5 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps it was seeing signs advertising ‘ Blogg 's Beer ’ that led East Enders to immortalise the name Bloggs as the Cockney equivalent of Mr Everyman . |
| 7 | The company sounded a note of caution yesterday when it said it was seeing margin pressure in some other areas of the business . |
| 8 | HOW nice it was to see Selfridges open on Sunday . |
| 9 | It was to see houses on expensive sites rise constantly higher , the consequent birth of the ‘ lift ’ or ‘ elevator ’ , and in the 1880s the construction of the first ‘ skyscrapers ’ in the United States . |
| 10 | But , delightful though it was to see Wendy Tunnell herself join the quartet and harpsichordist Clifford Benson for Albinoni 's A major Sonata a Cinque , the string pieces worked less well , as though the timbres of such distinguished winds prompted over projection — and the Brindisis , of all musicianly young ensembles , have no need to oversell their wares . |
| 11 | Incidentally , how nice it was to see Parks keeping wicket for Hampshire . |
| 12 | When they came in sight of the house it was to see Ellen Jebeau standing on the terrace , and when Martin drew the horse to a standstill at the foot of the steps she was there to meet them . |
| 13 | When she opened her eyes , it was to see Stephen 's mother standing by the bed . |
| 14 | When Harry smeared away the blood from his face and opened his eyes again it was to see Isambard standing with one foot flattening the whip to the floor , and the bronze lantern of his face blazing with such an intensity of dangerous , silent fury that even Harry , who was no longer threatened , shrank with sympathetic dread . |
| 15 | When he did come into the kitchen , it was to see Annie and the visitor tucking into tea and jam tarts . |