Example sentences of "we see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had we seen a fox , the pick-up would have sped after it , at 40 mph or more , and the men would have shot it . |
| 2 | Did n't we see a boy that looks just like Barry ? |
| 3 | Further ahead , might we see a widening of the concept to include named awards made up of Higher National Units and workplace modules as well as National Certificate modules ? |
| 4 | er one that occurs to me , no , no speaking on it myself , the jury might be interested , sometime I just like to get a feel of what a brochure looks like , not divided as it obviously has to be here , could , could we see a couple sometime , not , not now |
| 5 | How often do we see a scene on television where , when some help is about to be given to a seriously ill person , the family members present are asked to wait outside . |
| 6 | Yes , please , I wondered just quickly erm the letter to the foreign office , has there , can we see a copy of this ? |
| 7 | Right , now will let m l Let me ask you where you are going then as far as the Party 's own constitution is concerned , we saw a development , a significant development that I no doubt you would say at the Labour Party conference er er down in Brighton , but not withstanding O M O B the trade unions still have one third of the votes in the selection of the leader of the party , seventy percent say on policy matters at conference , there is still a trade union block vote . |
| 8 | Can I ask would that seriously if it were limited or by virtue of the panel report having identified this problem we reported that we saw a problem if it included B eight , would that be a problem from the point of view either Harrogate or Selby if B eight was in effect , if not in the policy itself , excluded ? |
| 9 | We saw a total of 8,500 people — youth and adult — in training throughout the year , and 4,000 youth and adult trainees successfully made the transition from training into employment . |
| 10 | While on ‘ seawatch ’ , we saw a couple of large divers near the shore . |
| 11 | We saw a sign saying , ‘ To the most dangerous creature of all ’ . |
| 12 | But they told me that ‘ during your show we saw a flicker of response in his eyes for the very first time ’ . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We saw a tent the other day , ’ said George . |
| 14 | Small details , that make fishing a constant source of delight : a bank of yellow flag by a tiny burn ; where mountain everlasting grow ; secret otter greens ; where we saw a wildcat ; a peregrine 's nest ; rutting red deer ; black-throated divers . |
| 15 | We saw a lady wading towards it and inquired if it was hers . |
| 16 | Two days later in the Bay of Biscay we saw a whale blowing a jet of spray high in the air , and I thought of Moby Dick . |
| 17 | We saw a viper . |
| 18 | Masha and I found further cause for depression as , walking in search of a tube station , we came to a major intersection , a roundabout of relentless , screeching vehicles , three and four abreast : for in the centre , on the small concrete island , we saw a man lying on his side . |
| 19 | One by one our group started down the rapids and assembled together in the quiet water ; suddenly we saw a canoe coming down the river upside down and realized one of our group had capsized . |
| 20 | We were discussing the necessity of spending the night in the station waiting-room when we saw a taxi . |
| 21 | I think we saw a film of the birth of a baby and that was it , sex education in a nutshell . |
| 22 | We saw a case for considering what our nuclear arsenal would be and whether it was completely necessary . |
| 23 | Yes we saw a road sweeper . |
| 24 | I saw erm we saw a campaign chair near Mold week before last it was I asked the guy how much put down on it , you know , he said thirty pounds so I sa , I said I saw it for forty . |
| 25 | In one of those asides , Johnson with the eye of a painter gives the last glimpse of these high ways in 1773 : ‘ Once we saw a corn field , in which a lady was walking with some gentlemen … ’ |
| 26 | We saw a gangster film of New York during which Signe kept saying , ‘ That 's near where I live . ’ |
| 27 | Zigzagging our way down the street we saw a car coming towards us and thought some terrible error had allowed the driver on to the toboggan track . |
| 28 | We saw a lot of him in those days . |
| 29 | It 's true we saw a lot of the negative side of human behaviour , but there was also a lot of the positive side . |
| 30 | On the way back over the lines west we saw a lot of traffic with trains going to Oxford , coal to Didcot power station , 125 's to the West Country and three class 37 's up and down with nowhere to go . |