Example sentences of "see [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Would he seize the chance to give her a message , without her mother seeing through her ruse ? |
| 2 | Seen through her mother 's eyes , far-off England had seemed a land of dreams and adventure . |
| 3 | When the English diplomat Sir Ralph Sadler visited her mother , Mary of Guise , on 22 March 1543 , the infant was duly unwrapped , so that her healthy state could be clearly seen , and Sadler could report that ‘ it is as goodly a child as I have seen of her age , and as like to live , with the grace of God ’ . |
| 4 | From what Seb had seen of her body — and he had seen a great deal — he suspected it was not far from the truth . |
| 5 | Police are anxious to eliminate the two men , who were seen near her home , from their inquiries , and would like to speak to them as potential witnesses . |
| 6 | Their 10-year-old daughter , Jessica , who is likely to be seen with her head buried in The Beano or a Roald Dahl novel , has provided the inspiration for many of her parents ' books . |
| 7 | Murphy was seen with her baby in her arms watching a broadcast of Quayle 's attack on her . |
| 8 | Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘ How to Marry a Millionaire ’ is seen in her cabin on board the Queen Mary trying to come to terms with her Travellers Letter of Credit . |
| 9 | For how much of the shadowy Scarabae had she seen in her daughter , and tried to poison with her haircuts and crosses on the sprouts ? |
| 10 | The dockside was the busiest place Ruth had ever seen in her life . |
| 11 | Standing beside Dennis was the best-looking man she had ever seen in her life . |
| 12 | Then he turned and went out , leaving Ellie to stare speechlessly at the most money she had ever seen in her life . |
| 13 | He was the best-looking boy she had ever seen in her life . |
| 14 | More diamonds than she had ever seen in her life . |
| 15 | ‘ My home , ’ Felipe de Santis said quietly and Maggie saw , at the head of the valley , the most fabulous place she had ever seen in her life . |
| 16 | The same attempt to represent fathers in Leapor 's writing purely as tyrants , can likewise be seen in her interpretation of ‘ The Unhappy Father ’ which will be discussed below . |
| 17 | It gratified him to be seen in her company . |
| 18 | She felt now that her future was settled : her uncle would soon go away to sea ; Tristram would be freer to be seen in her company and perhaps , if her prayers were answered , they would be able to persuade Aunt Ann to let them be married . |
| 19 | Her work is deeply involved with landscape and shows an insight that is also seen in her portraiture . |
| 20 | Soft pink draperies were seen in Her Majesty 's bedroom , and all four apartments were beautifully appointed . |
| 21 | He had seen to her as he had seen to her mother . |
| 22 | ‘ Write my memoirs ? ’ she said , and smiled , but such a smile as Erika had never seen on her grandmother 's face before : wry , mocking , and , shockingly , cynical . |
| 23 | He had naively assumed that the Concorde ticket he had seen on her desk had been one she had gone out and bought in order to join him in New York . |
| 24 | Similarly , bees learn landmarks after taking off : a recruit who arrived and fed at the feeder , but was transported back to the hive while feeding , returned without the slightest memory of the landmarks she must certainly have seen on her arrival . |
| 25 | Julia assumed that mutinous expression which Ian had seen on her face when having her work returned to her by Miss Coldharbour . |
| 26 | Here in the front cloth she is seen at her embroidery , sadly waiting and earning her living to pay off the Rake 's debts . |
| 27 | Joanna , 25 , was last seen by her mother , Penny , as she left home at 6.50pm on Tuesday for the two-minute drive . |
| 28 | Gardai have stepped up their search for Kathleen Connolly , who was last seen by her mother , Greta , when she came home from school at 2.45pm last Wednesday . |
| 29 | When weddings were weddings , and the scullery maid would faint if she were seen by her ladyship in the wrong part of the house not attending to her duties , there were rules of etiquette and runic codes to cover every contingency . |
| 30 | It should also be noted that Mrs Bush is hugely popular in the country , whereas Mrs Clinton — seen by her husband as likely to be more powerful even than Franklin Roosevelt 's wife , Eleanor , — is already controversial . |