Example sentences of "to see [pron] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to see them in the first division . |
| 2 | You began to see them in the expensive cars . |
| 3 | Yes I w I I would think so I mean it it wo n't occur in five minutes of course erm and I I would still say that I would like to see them in the six yard box more often . |
| 4 | What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure . |
| 5 | Our attitude is that we want to see everyone in the six counties , whether Protestant or Catholic , active in the movement to attain civil rights for the people there . |
| 6 | ‘ When you 're through , sir , the CO would like to see you in the Orderly Tent . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 8 | Sarah asked the nanny , standing on tip-toe to see herself in the gilt-framed mirror in the hall . |
| 9 | ‘ In that case , ’ retorted Geoffrey , ‘ why did he agree to see him in the first place ? ’ |
| 10 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |
| 11 | If you went to see him in the '60s and you go and see him now , it 's pretty much the same ; he holds true and keeps his tradition . |
| 12 | FERDINAND … . my imagination will carry me To see her in the shameful act of sin … . |
| 13 | She had not yet worn any of the gowns sent by Tamar and was longing for Bob to see her in the blue one . |
| 14 | And it was and I who wanted to see it in the first place . |
| 15 | Because of the passage of the st'lyan along the road there was a cloud of dust and it was hard to see anything in the failing red light . |