Example sentences of "see [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This punctuation would have made some difference to the reader 's processing of the sentence ; [ 14 ] in particular would have made the " click " seem a matter of importance and surprise in its own right , dividing the reader 's attention between the two events , instead of making him see them as integral parts of a whole . |
| 2 | It 's getting rather hard to think about what it is that lets me see them as distinct individuals if all that they 're doing are |
| 3 | Non-believers will see them as misguided optimists at best and fools at worse . |
| 4 | But victory will see them as serious threats to England 's hopes of making it to the finals in 1994 and Gullit may well take Lazio president Sergio Cragnotti 's offer to join Gazza . |
| 5 | In another language where mother 's brothers and father 's brothers are referred to by different words we would see them as different kinds of relatives . |
| 6 | You would probably see them on front doors and perhaps some of you have already got them , where about a third of the way up is a little brass plate , and it 's an integral lock that 's fitted into the door . |
| 7 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 8 | You could just see them at low water and er that was one of the danger points but I 've never seen ships coming close to Skerrymor at all . |
| 9 | Many of the residents in homes for the elderly have no family , and many that do never see them from one year to the next . |
| 10 | On a clear day you can see them from 20 miles away at Port Isaac . |
| 11 | But Crosby wo n't see them in reserve team action tonight because he 's set to be away on scouting business . |
| 12 | Did Quigley see me as some kind of John the Baptist figure ? |
| 13 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 14 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |
| 15 | One moment she 's kissing me , and the next she 's telling me she ca n't see me till next week . |
| 16 | But , although Robert strained his eyes against the glass , he could see nothing but impenetrable blackness beyond the hectic yellows and reds cast by the candles . |
| 17 | I can see nothing in democratic thinking which allows us to think of " the people " as anything other than the whole body of citizens , minorities as well as majorities , those who oppose and dissent as well as those who belong to the dominant majority . |
| 18 | We do n't see ourselves as special people and we do n't see ourselves as having specific financial credentials , although some members of our group , not myself , may have those , but we try by listening to the people who 've elected us and listening to in general comments that are made from outside the council , which is a terribly closed body . |
| 19 | He gyrated carefully so that he could see himself at all angles . |
| 20 | The Shuttle did n't look much closer , but they could see plenty of other activity . |
| 21 | And the future will see plenty of little Kylies and Jasons named after the Australian stars . |
| 22 | Hoddle says I shook hands at the end and I 'll see you on New Year 's Day . |
| 23 | The next customer was a middle-aged man who must have been a regular , for he began by saying , ‘ Do n't often see you on this side , miss . ’ |
| 24 | Did you see you with that gas that advert she did with that poor woman ! |
| 25 | " I 've been meaning to pop in and see you for some time , " Mrs. Hargreaves went on . |
| 26 | A well-stocked storage cupboard , combined with a freezer , should see you through any emergency brought about by weather or illness , for example . |
| 27 | You may , with any redundancy pay you 've got , have a cushion that will see you through several months . |
| 28 | Well he sai he did say he was gon na come and see you about this money . |
| 29 | Well , I probably wo n't see you till some time tomorrow . |
| 30 | I will see you in due course . |