Example sentences of "see [noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Empirically , the problem of seeing Labour 's rise in West Ham as part of the metropolitan experience is that the borough was administratively separate . |
| 2 | He was examining his gloves with scrupulous care , not wanting to see Topaz 's disappointment . |
| 3 | It seemed all were anxious to see Granny 's coffin lowered into the ground . |
| 4 | On his previous visits to Larksoken he had seen Martyr 's Cottage spread out beneath him when he and his aunt had stood surveying the headland from the small top room under the cone of the mill . |
| 5 | oh you do n't know what he was like when he was home , he was , I mean I 've never seen daddy er sort of , occasionally cry and shaking |
| 6 | The fall of the Noldor ( S , p. 69 ) repeats a phrase from the Old English poem Maxims I about ‘ inventing and tempering wounding swords ’ : the Anglo-Saxon poet seems to have looked back to Cain and Abel for the origin of evil , rather than Adam and Eve , and to have seen evil 's symptom in metallurgy . |
| 7 | I mean alright , you can see mum 's point in one respect , because she works nine till six every day . |
| 8 | Although I could n't actually see Maté 's sneer , I felt it in the darkness . |
| 9 | I could see Sister 's point . |
| 10 | Can you see Traitor 's Gate down there by the side of the river ? |
| 11 | She could just see Roman 's car and she was blinded by a rush of tears as she realised she would never again sit in it by his side . |
| 12 | Coming in behind him , she did n't see Midnight 's glance flicker to James Lambert , then away , as if a question had been asked and answered . |
| 13 | What do you see Kiss 's role as being on the world scale ? |
| 14 | She could not see Finn 's neck for the hair . |
| 15 | From the penalty spot , Rook drove into the corner for his second of the game and give his side a passage into the next round , a defeat that sees City 's interest in Cup games at an end for this season . |
| 16 | Bernice could see Legion 's body splitting into a firework display of multi-coloured fronds , and slowly drawing together into a hairy black ovoid supported by three pipe-cleaner legs . |
| 17 | Next year could also see Unit 's graduation from the third tier to the main market . |
| 18 | The winter of 1963 sees class B1 No. 61367 pulling away from Killamarsh on an up train to Annesley . |
| 19 | At the same time , though , I can see Mother 's side of it , at least on this one point , for she has n't considered herself as being just a housekeeper all these years , she 's felt mistress of the place , and she 's going to miss it . ’ |
| 20 | Unable to sleep and seeing Madame 's bedroom light still on , she had thrown a pebble against the glass and called her down . |
| 21 | Aloof from the sweating mob , he watched with keen interest , seeing Midnight 's poise , his speed , his economy of movement . |
| 22 | Allen , the Hal Far station commander , reported seeing Deacon 's combat and confirmed observing one Messerschmitt crash into the sea ; Deacon was subsequently credited with one destroyed as a result . |
| 23 | She was saved from answering by the sound of knocking at the door , and turned with relief to see Dane 's face light up in welcome . |
| 24 | Mother wept to see Father 's state , and proposed that we set out for Chiguana , the nearest town where we might expect to find a hospital , immediately . |
| 25 | I whispered feverishly , glancing up to see Father 's shadow leave the wall on the floor above . |
| 26 | ‘ I have to see father 's lawyer this afteroon about the will . |
| 27 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |
| 28 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 29 | What became known as the Naythuyein Mass Meeting heard Aung San speak about the Burmese contribution to the Allied cause ; he saw Labour 's victory as a sign that imperialism was on the way out and he affirmed that ‘ 99 per cent of the PBF would be unwilling to serve in the fighting forces of a country that was not free ’ . |
| 30 | In the Palazzo Pubblico they saw Martini 's cavalier , dressed in the same golden , diamond-patterned cloak as his horse . |