Example sentences of "see [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
| 2 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 3 | And they used to send orders is n't it It was nothing to see fifty items on an order . |
| 4 | If groups of , say , 50 to 100 people were to be asked how many of them would like to see some deregulation on Sunday , only about half would put up their hands ; the other half would want to keep Sunday special . |
| 5 | It would be strange , for example , to see separate courses on methods for natural scientists . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's good to see real bands on Top Of The Pops , ’ adds John . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's good to see real bands on Top Of The Pops , ’ adds John . |
| 8 | Have you seen that advert on the telly I love it with George the boxer ? |
| 9 | In the 1960s , 1970s and 1980s many macroeconomists have seen different lights on the road to an economic Damascus . |
| 10 | However , we had seen lively debates on aspects of a part of consumer credit with which many are not too familiar , debates which had illustrated well that there was more to the ‘ credit bargain ’ than the headline APR figure , and which had dispelled some long-held prejudices . |
| 11 | I 've seen this fella on the back of the bus with his bird and that and I walked down and was sitting by them and he was tooting gear , y'know , behind the back seat like that and he threw a load of gear over to me and said : ‘ Here , d' you want some of this ? ’ , y'know , monging , off his head , like . |
| 12 | We have seen this rapidity on other occasions also in his earliest letters of friendship , but never before in circumstances where so much depended on the quality of those around him . |
| 13 | We replaced the police barrier to prevent a repetition of Sal 's sudden decision to travel sideways , although I had n't seen another car on the hill either time I 'd been there . |
| 14 | I 've seen similar situations on company planets run by the Usurians , but I never thought I 'd see it on Earth . ’ |
| 15 | It was a good age for someone who had seen untimely deaths on all sides of her family . |
| 16 | It was the beginning of these automatics , you 've seen these photos on the , on the television where these welders come down and they go in like this , well these was the beginning of that sort of thing because it was worked with a motor and a cam which er er the cam went round and it 'd lift the arm up and when it was went past the , the knuckle it 'd drop down and the speed you them out or the speed you sent them out how fast the arm would go up and down , and that was stitch welding . |
| 17 | I 've seen thicker mould on a cheese . |
| 18 | As they approached , Corbett realised the fortifications of Earlston were a square tower of pleasing proportions within a stockade or peel which Corbett had seen many times on his journeys into Scotland . |
| 19 | He flipped open the book whose pages were filled with her beautiful , careful script , which he had seen many times on the shopping lists which she had made up under Matey 's instructions . |
| 20 | Recent years have seen considerable emphasis on attracting adults to higher and further education . |
| 21 | This period of consolidation has however , seen considerable work on technical specification , and things are beginning to happen once again . |
| 22 | A year has seen dramatic changes on Kirkland Avenue in Woking . |
| 23 | As Dick often pointed out , he had seen more flesh on a wooden leg , and more fat on the breakfast bacon . |
| 24 | I guess he 'd seen American officers on TV the whole time during the Viet Nam war . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've never seen any Rubens on canvas in this state . |
| 26 | Certainly I have never seen any article on the ‘ Two to One ’ panemone . |
| 27 | Mr Banerjee said only the would-be bomber had been killed , but witnesses and other railway officials said they had seen four bodies on the platform . |
| 28 | On the occasions I have played this course as the guest of a member , I have never had to queue to start play , and have rarely even seen other players on the course . |
| 29 | If he said : " I wo n't buy until I 've seen written information on the stock " this frequently meant he had no intention of buying at all , and the astute dealer would pretend he was sending an Extel card ( a written fact sheet on the stock ) but in fact he would not bother . |
| 30 | Maybe they 've got me going and not me them since I 'm so used to seeing dribbly noddings on trains . |