Example sentences of "see [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember half-waking and seeing my master bend over me . |
| 2 | Seeing my uncle Reggie a lot . |
| 3 | Reverend Brown , Ladies and Gentlemen , all my guests , I can not tell you how pleased I am today to see my daughter Annabelle looking so radiantly happy , as she begins life as the wife of Steven . |
| 4 | Why , that would be enough to take me to see my nephew Tim and his children at Gridford ! |
| 5 | WHAT a delight to see my childhood hero Noddy dancing with presenter Anthea Turner to celebrate his return to TV . |
| 6 | ‘ I have to see my evening patients , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I just wan na call in the garage to see my mate Rob cos I wan na take him a load of stuff back to the garage . |
| 8 | ‘ She marched me off to see my bank manager . |
| 9 | You seen my tape measure love ? |
| 10 | Opera Northern Ireland wanted local children to see its dress rehearsal of the popular musical , and regarded it as an opportunity to help with community development . |
| 11 | Only one country is expected to see its GNP decline between the two years : Sweden , with a 0.5% drop . |
| 12 | In the 1980s , management came to see its information system as part of a variety of decision support systems . |
| 13 | The Treasury , which other departments felt had been engaging in the review only half-heartedly until mid-March ( and which was urged to take a greater role by Mr Major ) , was damned if it was going to see its VAT switch spent on anything that could be tagged ‘ son of poll tax ’ . |
| 14 | It must have been seeing her reading Tennyson that had dredged up an old forgotten quotation . |
| 15 | Jetting across the Atlantic , after two years in America , she had looked forward to seeing her home town from the air , to retracing toy-sized , familiar landmarks , to marvelling at new unfamiliar ones . |
| 16 | ‘ As for Rose … ’ she shivered , and Dr Neil , seeing her face change , said abruptly , |
| 17 | He flexed his hands under the cloth , and shouted irritably at Rosa , ‘ You 'll never make a city woman , thank God , ’ and then , seeing her face fall , wondered at it . |
| 18 | Virginia 's doctor , a self-important little man , had a patient once who lost her memory after the shock of seeing her husband fall to his death over a cliff . |
| 19 | However much , privately , she may have hated seeing her husband drink , or hearing him swear , she would never rebuke him in front of others . |
| 20 | As the kettle came to the boil she heard the back door open and popped her head into the scullery to see her friend Pat Johnstone kicking snow off her shoes . |
| 21 | He might want to see her grocery list and cross a few things off . |
| 22 | With a deep breath , she opened her bedroom door to see her sister-in-law half standing , half crouching at the top of the stairs , the perspiring pallor of her face telling its own alarming story . |
| 23 | It was the last time Cherry , 45 , was to see her common-law husband alive . |
| 24 | I would love to see her play Saffi again . |
| 25 | The Marchioness has n't yet been able to see her baby son George , nor has she had a visit from her estranged husband , Jamie Blandford , currently banned by the High Court from seeing her . |
| 26 | Her shop it was the streets ; After noon and after morn Wearing her shoes , tattered and torn , She walked to see her mother yew Who once , in olden days , she knew . |
| 27 | ‘ I get homesick all the time , ’ she said after a short visit home to see her brother Lawrence , a joiner in Derry . |
| 28 | Miss Bayliss , who has a six-year-old daughter , initially refused to be searched but agreed after being told she would not be able to see her brother Michael , a heroin addict . |
| 29 | Competitors designed clobber for Di to wear to a nightclub , Joan Collins for a shopping spree and Kylie Minogue to see her bank manager . |
| 30 | Our peasant is starting off today to Roslavl' , 55 miles away , in order to see her soldier son who has been away in the Civil War , and is passing with his peacetime unit by train tomorrow from Briansk further south to the city of Smolensk with an hour 's stop in Roslavl' . |