Example sentences of "were see [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As though they were seeing actors on a stage , Seb and Melody watched as one of the two riders suddenly kneed his horse forward . |
| 2 | In the third division , Hereford United were seeing stars at Gillingham after letting in 2 early goals . |
| 3 | As nearly all the children had freckles , I felt as if I were seeing spots before my eyes , and drew Mickey Mice in a trance , my hand and pen moving mechanically through a misty ocean of freckles , wave upon wave , every freckle asking for Mickey Mouse . |
| 4 | Between 10 and 16 live whales were seen milling around the mouth of the Nene at 8.30 that morning ; low water was at midday , and at about 5 that afternoon the pod was seen swimming off to the north on the rising tide . |
| 5 | The Grail and Excalibur were seen centuries after Arthur 's death and the monks who reinterred his body here would scarcely bury such sacred relics . ’ |