Example sentences of "see [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than market and hierarchy being opposed to types , as in the Williamsonian formulation , it may be more appropriate to see them as alternative solutions to the problem of how to arrange functional alignment within the enterprise . |
| 2 | Western historians tend to see them as alienated intellectuals motivated not by the interests of any major section of society but by a host of heterogeneous ideas , romantic and modernizing , dictatorial and democratic . |
| 3 | Society tends to ignore the inherent sexuality of younger teenagers , especially girls , preferring to see them as innocent children , so consequently when girls do fall pregnant , they have few rights or benefits as mothers . |
| 4 | Although it would be a mistake to see them as watertight compartments , or to pretend that issues raised in the first were not also relevant to the third , this division is helpful in indicating broad trends and key differences , which will be explored in the sections which follow . |
| 5 | She arrives , convincingly , at a much more positive — for the women in question — interpretation ; but also one which allows the writings and lives of these women to have a depth and dimension for us which was simply not available in many cases while we insisted on trying to see them as sexual victims of appalling restrictions of personal freedom : to see them as though they were us . |
| 6 | The solution requires a reassessment of the nature of Toryism at this time ; rather than seeing the Tories as royal absolutists , it is better to see them as conservative legal-constitutionalists , deeply committed to the rule of law and the Anglican Church . |
| 7 | The Salvadorean government has done little to aid the displaced , choosing instead to see them as potential subversives who must be carefully watched . |
| 8 | I went to see them about this but they told me it was up to the social security people to make up the difference . |
| 9 | If you seek to see them with loving eyes , you will experience their beauty and be aware of their good points while making allowances for whatever may be lacking . |
| 10 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
| 11 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 12 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 13 | The girl cried out in alarm at the sound of Rohmer 's shout , swinging back to see them at last . |
| 14 | Seven student teachers will be taking their examinations on 21st and 28th March — we wish them luck and hope to see them at next Q.T. Day . |
| 15 | Do n't be grumpy or touchy now — you 'll be glad to see them after 26.2 miles and you want them to be happy to see you too . |
| 16 | According to such a theory , if we , in English , call both our mother 's brother and our father 's brother by the same term — ‘ uncle ’ — it is because these two relatives are , to us , the same ‘ kind ’ of relative , and that probably the fact that we use the one word causes us to see them in that way . |
| 17 | ‘ Thank you — I 'd prefer to see them in full sunlight , ’ Lucy said hastily , in case Silas imagined she was anxious to experience a moonlight stroll with him . |
| 18 | I am happy to see them in this workmanlike state . |
| 19 | language … gives structure to experience , and helps to determine our way of looking at things , so that it requires some intellectual effort to see them in any other way than that which our language suggests to us . |
| 20 | I think that the hon. Gentleman 's colleague , the hon. Member for Antrim , North ( Rev. Ian Paisley ) came to see me about one of the cases to which he refers . |
| 21 | But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 23 | As he was a very busy man , I was grateful that Eliot should have been prepared to see me without any notice at all . |
| 24 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 25 | Nobody came to see me for three days . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got someone coming to see me at nine , ’ he said . |
| 27 | yeah yeah and fine now I think somebody 's coming to see me at eleven and then I 'm teaching from twelve til two , somebody 's coming to see me at two but a bit later on this afternoon or on Monday morning I can do |
| 28 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 30 | Only thirty people were allowed in to see me at one time . |