Example sentences of "see [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ? |
| 2 | But at night-time you never see them at all . |
| 3 | Blue here corresponds to 1.6 mm , and shows the cloud tops much as we see them at optical wavelengths . |
| 4 | Whether they have just arrived in this country , or speak little English or have difficult home circumstances , unless we see them as competent learners we will soon find reasons why they can not learn . |
| 5 | One cultural tendency feminists must be critical of , and ultimately indeed try to eliminate , is the tendency to impose the categories ‘ masculine ’ and ‘ feminine ’ on every aspect of life , so we see them as natural categories instead of what they are , restrictive and unequal constructs . |
| 6 | The very largest like the Prudential and Standard Life are able to offer these as a genuinely independent extension of their huge pension businesses but many of the smaller firms obviously see them as commercial marketing opportunities . |
| 7 | What are the problems as you see them in this neighbourhood ? |
| 8 | To human eyes many of the body markings appear to be beautiful and highly conspicuous , but this is because we so often see them in artificial environments where their camouflage quality fails to show itself . |
| 9 | They should enter into those ideas , and see them from various angles . |
| 10 | As the earth goes round the sun , we see them from different positions against the background of more distant stars . |
| 11 | See me with one of my tits cut off , ca n't you , just the excuse for Ted to be off after Betty Ash again . ’ |
| 12 | see me in three month time . |
| 13 | The first we step into we call the infant or thoughtless Chamber , in which we remain as long as we do not think … we no sooner get into the second Chamber , which I shall call the Chamber of Maiden-Thought , than we become intoxicated with the light and the atmosphere , we see nothing but pleasant wonders , and think of delaying there for ever in delight . |
| 14 | Indeed , the basic British attitude had been summed up admirably by Churchill himself many years earlier when he wrote , in an American periodical in 1930 , ‘ We see nothing but good and hope in a richer , freer , more contented European commonalty . |
| 15 | BELVILLE : O , she may be your favourite as a waiting maid but I see nothing but clumsy curtseys and awkward airs about her . |
| 16 | I see nothing at all superficial in that . |
| 17 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 18 | ‘ We see ourselves as professional advisers to businessmen , ’ explains Mr Smaje . |
| 19 | But the , you know it 's two o'clock in the morning and police car 's coming through the village and see someone at that time , they 're quite likely to stop and ask them what they 're doing . |
| 20 | Let's look in this bucket and see which of these things will float and which of them will sink . |
| 21 | So this will actually influence you , because you 'll be able to look through the brochures and see which of those groups it 's being targeted at . |
| 22 | In verse writing , as in virtually any other human activity we may think of , there are thresholds to be reached and crossed : below a certain threshold of practice and expertise , the attitude of the amateur produces only work that is ‘ amateurish ’ ( and heaven knows , we see plenty of that all around us ) ; above a certain threshold of facility , the attitude of the professional produces work that is glib , facile , heartless , and academic — and we see plenty of that , too . |
| 23 | In verse writing , as in virtually any other human activity we may think of , there are thresholds to be reached and crossed : below a certain threshold of practice and expertise , the attitude of the amateur produces only work that is ‘ amateurish ’ ( and heaven knows , we see plenty of that all around us ) ; above a certain threshold of facility , the attitude of the professional produces work that is glib , facile , heartless , and academic — and we see plenty of that , too . |
| 24 | See you for pre-dinner drinks . ’ |
| 25 | Cheerio , see you at four on Saturday . |
| 26 | John sighed again , ‘ Sleep tight , see you at four . ’ |
| 27 | We do n't see as much of you as we 'd like to ( if we see you at all ) . |
| 28 | ‘ But we hardly see you at all these days . |
| 29 | See you at eight . |
| 30 | See you at eight . ’ |