Example sentences of "see [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the young couples that come here to see about their weddings , when asked , admit that their relationship had a pretty unspectacular beginning . |
| 2 | ‘ I was on my way to see about my trunks , ’ I started . |
| 3 | ‘ I was crazy to see a girl naked , and especially to see between her legs . |
| 4 | Lynch made amends before long and equalised from close range , but that was all the reward Southwood were to see for their efforts . |
| 5 | She 's one of the old ladies I go to see for my Community Care Course . |
| 6 | Liberation does not mean slaying the dragon , but rising above it , growing beyond it , seeing through its tricks and laughing gently and lovingly when it snorts fire at us . |
| 7 | ( Would he seize the chance to give her a message , without her mother seeing through her ruse ? |
| 8 | And Joanne 's seeing through his disguise made him a bit wary . |
| 9 | A dead weight of darkness , trying to see through its eyes . |
| 10 | Thursday night in Galway is the night to be seen out in the town : - ) , but I 've still got more than the two brain cells needed to see through your ploy Tim . |
| 11 | What 's going on behind the long face and the short , practical crop is nothing we 're going to see through his eyes . |
| 12 | The envious man is obsessively drawn to see through his rival 's eyes , the cruel man is as sensitive to a sufferer 's feelings as the compassionate ; and both are disinterested , in that it does not matter to them whether any injury they do is of benefit to themselves . |
| 13 | ‘ Among changes he has seen during his career are the introduction of new painting materials and safety methods . |
| 14 | Was it you I s no it was n't you I seen about my ear , was it ? |
| 15 | and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it . |
| 16 | The city , traditional centre of civilization , is here seen as its enemy : partly because too cosmopolitan , partly because too industrialized . |
| 17 | The gifted Roberto Mancini , once seen as his twin , is flourishing without him . |
| 18 | So that 's a straight inheritance , does increase your gross expenditure of the Committee , and indeed does involve you , quite sensibly involve you in the total care package for those particular individuals who 're increasingly seen as your clients rather than health authority clients . |
| 19 | What had the members seen for their entrance fees and contributions when it could be shown that in that year they received some £pound9,000 in benefit while over £pound32,000 went into the management of the union ? |
| 20 | And , we 've seen through their advertising in targeting women that they 've tried to post the image if you smoke , you 're more likely to be slim and slender . |
| 21 | ‘ I told you , ’ said Sally-Anne , exasperated by his probing , annoyed that he had seen through her whoppers . |
| 22 | Seen through her mother 's eyes , far-off England had seemed a land of dreams and adventure . |
| 23 | Above : Torture victim Manoji Singh , aged 12 , seen after his arrest on suspicion of stealing a purse . |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | From what Seb had seen of her body — and he had seen a great deal — he suspected it was not far from the truth . |
| 26 | The tips of the pencils are ‘ cognitively salient ’ , and what is seen of their relation determines the child 's communicated beliefs about length . |
| 27 | ‘ On the contrary , what I 've seen of your country I rather like . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ A man is honoured in that country , ’ he continues , ‘ according to what may be seen of his actions , conduct and zeal , since no one in India knows anything of family or lineage . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The end result of Henry 's policy was that ruined castles were to be seen throughout his dominions , visible reminders of the Old King 's power and the penalties meted out to rebellious lords . |