Example sentences of "see [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or see them through an abortion , |
| 2 | Unless we study villages , hamlets and farmsteads as dynamic , changing , developing entities , we will miss the significance of the form and function of them when we see them at a particular date . |
| 3 | Most successful companies are bought out by large customers who see them as a way of getting into new technologies . |
| 4 | The fry of livebearers and the eggs of any fish which happen to spawn are quickly devoured by the other fish — often including the parents , which see them as a meal . |
| 5 | Thus many companies see them as a threat to their holding on to their good people , and instilling corporate loyalty into new appointees . |
| 6 | They see them as a modulation of other cognitive patterns , and as a realm parallel to the realm of gender relations , and determined by it in a fairly direct way . |
| 7 | Scotland does not have national parks at the moment , and many see them as a nasty English invention . |
| 8 | One sort of explanation sees such practices as permanent employment and seniority wage systems as being related to Japan 's unique cultural traditions and the carry-over to modern industry of patterns of social relationships and obligations which characterised feudal Japan.7 Other , perhaps more convincing , approaches ( as these practices are not characteristic of smaller-sized firms ) see them as an employer response to the exigencies of the labour market and as a control device to elicit and reward loyal workforce behaviour ( Jacoby , 1979 ) , since lifetime employment is not a practice of very long standing in Japan . |
| 9 | undermined by those who see them as an alternative channel for immigration , the many spoiling it for the few yet again . |
| 10 | Asylum procedures exist to ensure the protection of those genuinely at risk , but they are in danger of being undermined by those who see them as an alternative channel for immigration . |
| 11 | Alright , well look , dear I can scrub that and I 'll , I 'll get it for you so all in all er can you see the boat , you look and see them in a minute |
| 12 | You do , they gr they you see them in a different light . |
| 13 | Because of the mystique — and maybe the image — celebrities and VIPs are quite daunting to those who usually only see them from a distance . |
| 14 | I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said . |
| 15 | It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist . |
| 16 | The worst age group for me is my own , because I sometimes think they see me as a bit of a know-it-all . |
| 17 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They do n't see me as a health professional who knows it all , but who does n't really understand ; they see me as a disabled person . ’ |
| 18 | But having a woman on the wing makes them realise they have hurt real people , they see me as a real person |
| 19 | See me as a , you know when , when the bloke comes running says it 's funny |
| 20 | You know , I had to say something clever — to win her , to set me apart , to make her see me as an individual — but wit is normally aggressive . |
| 21 | People see me in a certain way at school , as someone outspoken and good at English ; then they see me with my head covered , and suddenly they seem to be thinking : submissive . |
| 22 | That was well funny last time , you see me in a room , we 're playing er games . |
| 23 | because she was in pain again in had it strapped up again said come and see me in a week see if it 's any better but erm she 's injured it but not er you know it 's obviously she ca n't move it a lot that way which is what 's effecting her , but mind you once she gets back on her bike again , as it 's cold weather |
| 24 | ‘ Well , she went just for a lark , y'know , but this Mabel , she 's very serious , never got married , y'know — not surprisin' either when you see 'er in a strong light . |
| 25 | see ya in a mo ! |
| 26 | ‘ We no see you for an age . |
| 27 | You might get through a few months , gross good luck see you to a year , but from then on the odds against survival lengthened considerably . |
| 28 | And believe me , even your friends from Hell are gon na fade out when they see you with a lightning rod through your brain . |
| 29 | If you practise this hobby for very long , you 'll get used to , and even enjoy , the curiosity of people when they see you with a metal detector . |
| 30 | ‘ God , I see you as a Carmen , ’ he said . |