Example sentences of "see [indef pn] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She walked in and around the corner , and her heart leapt to see someone in Carolyn 's bed . |
| 2 | ‘ If I were you , I would go to the conference centre itself and ask to see someone in security . |
| 3 | Their first instinct , upon seeing someone in distress , was to touch , to hug and hold . |
| 4 | If I if you 've got people in prison and then you had to go visiting you , you could get relief after , after the first twenty five pounds , so if the expenses were going to see somebody in prison were more than twenty five pounds I could get relief with them |
| 5 | remember seeing somebody in trousers . |
| 6 | You had to be in bed and washed by nine o'clock at the latest ; the house screw only left after she 'd seen everyone in bed . |
| 7 | I did not venture to express my opinion , fearing that my taste might have become corrupted by my long residence in the Indies ; but since my companion had recently come from France , it was quite a relief to hear him say that he had seen nothing in Europe quite so bold and majestic . ’ |
| 8 | He 'd never seen anyone in Jubilee Wood in all the months he 'd been coming up here . |
| 9 | It was the first time I 'd seen anyone in labour and I made a silent vow that when I was married I was n't going to have any babies if this was how you had to suffer . |
| 10 | I can see nothing in principle to prevent a contemnor applying to the first instance court to be released from custody on the ground that the failure to serve him with the committal order has kept him in ignorance of the contempts for which he has been imprisoned and that , in the circumstances , justice requires his release . |
| 11 | Because they can see nothing in front of them but cooking and scrubbing and mending … and endless babies . |
| 12 | They could see nothing in front of them . |
| 13 | I can see nothing in section 61 to suggest that these trust provisions apply only if the trust existed at the time the deposit was made . |
| 14 | Did you see someone in uniform ? ’ |
| 15 | At least that 's the way it is with me , if I can see something in operation I can understand it far more quickly than when someone tries to describe it ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't see anything in Finn , ’ said Lydia , who had found Finn 's terrible reputation one of his greatest attractions . |
| 17 | He can never see anything in front of him because of all the smoke he belches out from his nose and mouth , but that does n't bother him . |
| 18 | When these far from straightforward issues have eventually been resolved , the draft will be subject to public comments ( six months ) , then committee revision ( say nine months ) — and , finally , it will take about a year before specifiers can see anything in print . |
| 19 | Whilst looking at this picture Minton told Tindle : ‘ You 're the first to see something in Lucian . ’ |
| 20 | But explore all the options first , such as cost-cutting and restructuring borrowings , before calling in an insolvency practitioner : they tend to see everything in terms of insolvency legislation . |
| 21 | Although all sets and costumes were designed in colour , a lot of ingenuity needed to be applied to make the sets visually more interesting to the viewers ; compensating them for only seeing everything in monochrome and through a slightly muzzy 405 line picture . |
| 22 | The onus is on us to extend our understanding of that society , rather than to insist on seeing everything in terms of our ready-made distinctions . |
| 23 | I kept reading and my knowledge kept growing , but I still wanted to see an owl 's nest and experience the thrill of actually seeing one in flight , in the feather , so to speak . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I thought the idea was to see everybody in action first . ’ |
| 25 | The Court also favoured the interpretation of Article 27(d) which would enable requesting as well as requested States to use domestic law procedures , but even on a narrower reading saw nothing in Article 27 to limit the power of a requesting State . |
| 26 | There was a severe , worn pressure of thought about his temples , a fire in his eye ( as if he saw something in objects more than outward appearance ) , an intense , high , narrow forehead , a Roman nose , cheeks furrowed by a strong purpose , and a convulsive inclination to laughter about the mouth , a good deal at variance with the solemn , stately expression of |
| 27 | But she also saw something in Shelley 's face , and she went on more quietly , ‘ OK , OK , tell me when you want to — if you want to . |
| 28 | Andrew saw something in Horatia 's face he had never seen before . |
| 29 | But Delaney , fleetingly , as he slammed the door , saw something in Connors ' eyes . |
| 30 | Jacob saw something in Rachel that was very special , and he loved her in the true sense of the word ; the word ‘ love ’ in Hebrew , which is the original language of the Bible , comes from the root of the word meaning ‘ to give ’ , or ‘ to want to give ’ . |