Example sentences of "see [noun prp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loretta decided she would have to abandon her attempt to see Veronica for the rest of the day . |
| 2 | He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while . |
| 3 | It is only now , almost five years after the fact , that the US press corps and America 's allies are beginning to see Gramm-Rudman-Hollings for the hoax that it is . |
| 4 | You have n't seen Alexander for a long time , have you ? |
| 5 | and , and , well and to you as well Viv but er I have n't seen Viv , I have n't seen Pete for a while . |
| 6 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 7 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
| 8 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
| 9 | A few days later Keith Meerza sees Christopher for the last time . |
| 10 | I did n't see Ted for a while after that . |
| 11 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 12 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 13 | I reckoned , however , that if I went back to Edinburgh , I could see Leslie for the occasional ‘ forty-eight hours ’ . |
| 14 | For his summer holiday he went with Henry Legerton to Positano , seeing Italy for the first time , and sent a card to Hanns : ‘ We have lounged like lizards . |
| 15 | ‘ Speaking of medical matters , I need to see Belinda for a moment , if you 'll excuse us . ’ |
| 16 | The Wolf-Man — so called because of a dream involving wolves which Freud interpreted as a memory of his parents having sex — saw Freud for an hour a day , every day except Sundays , for four years . |
| 17 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 18 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 19 | Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling . |
| 20 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 22 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 23 | The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 . |
| 24 | Seeing London for the first time , not very impressed , I I liked Crystal Palace but tt . |
| 25 | Go and see Bumface for a start , my duck . ’ |
| 26 | Finally , for the literary reader it should be noted that claims to have penetrated the meaning of the Jubilate in no way contradict the conclusion that its form is essentially ‘ psychotic ’ , since it is well accepted that , with effort , the sense in schizophrenic language can be discerned ( see Forrest for a discussion of this point ) . |