Example sentences of "see a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking along the riverbank or lakeside , I could see a variety of waterfowl , such as moorhens , seagulls and ducks ; up in the trees were virtually the entire crow family — jays , rooks and jackdaws — as well as blackbirds , thrushes , finches , all the everyday birds . |
| 2 | In the first place we can see a reliance on self-help and often pre-industrial techniques , given new meaning in transformed social circumstances . |
| 3 | In a Parliamentary debate on wages councils Ms Eagle claimed that their abolition would see a return to poverty pay . |
| 4 | Which I suspect the odd tory MP having a heart attack , falling under a bus , the loss of directions might actually mean that they might see a degree of sense in borough capping . |
| 5 | I can see a bit of success in the air against them . |
| 6 | At the end of the case people would see a bit of film of the child sitting on the drawing-room sofa between his parents who never took their eyes from him during the interview . |
| 7 | I can see a bit of blue up there . |
| 8 | We 've seen that with the City technology colleges , which are nobody talks about , surprisingly enough , when we 've discovered that actually industry is n't remotely interested in them , and of course in the first year of an opted out school one might see a bit of palm crossing with silver . |
| 9 | ‘ I can see a bit of light around the horizon , ’ said Gurder . |
| 10 | I can see a bit of snow there |
| 11 | She could see a flicker of fire , Wynne-Jones 's fire . |
| 12 | If you watch the start or the first few miles , you 'll see a mass of humanity moving along at a snail 's pace . |
| 13 | So she 'd see a sheep in wolf 's clothing |
| 14 | If he is of a poetic turn of mind , will he even see a kind of justice in the eventual return to silicon-based life , with DNA no more than an interlude , albeit one that lasted longer than three aeons ? |
| 15 | In future , that will mean that the old high rates will no longer be levied on the unsuspecting population , and we will see a continuation of support by central Government of local government . |
| 16 | On the work surface she could see a bowl of salad , the wine bottle and a row of cutlery . |
| 17 | Both these approaches are being actively investigated and one day we may see a revolution in management of Type I diabetes . |
| 18 | And if you go to places like erm Guisborough , erm er and South Middlesbrough there you will see a range of housing types available for range of groups in the community . |
| 19 | North Street , Ulster Street , William Street and the town centre are most likely to be affected between 9am and 6pm but other areas may see a reduction in water pressure . |
| 20 | The bed beside her was empty , but there were men in the yard : she could see a glimmer of light between the shutters and hear a flotsam of voices now and then , when the wind died . |
| 21 | Similarly it can be argued that if home helps or social workers request training from the CAB in aspects of new legislation , this can cement a positive relationship between the CAB and the local authority who will then see a service in action that is worth funding . |
| 22 | How often do we see a scene on television where , when some help is about to be given to a seriously ill person , the family members present are asked to wait outside . |
| 23 | Next time you see that familiar mushroom cloud rearing up ( hopefully on your T.V. screen , not across the road ) , look at the base or stalk of the mushroom , and you 'll almost certainly see a ring of cloud rolling away horizontally from it . |
| 24 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 25 | You 'll see a lot of guff written about PC performance , almost everywhere you look . |
| 26 | We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government . |
| 27 | It was likely that both the leading magnates and the commons in parliament would see a war on behalf of the disinherited as merely a factional struggle in which neither the honour nor the safety of the community was at stake , and which therefore did not merit support . |
| 28 | I could see a sort of Army bed . |
| 29 | The sun was up now , and strong ; he could see a quiver of exhaust gases in the air . |
| 30 | If you sat in the fireplace and looked up you could see a disc of sky and several iron hooks in silhouette . |