Example sentences of "to see [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange to see Swindon in the snow and Sweden in bright sunshine . |
| 2 | But it still gives you a pang to see performers of the calibre of Stephen Moore , Sian Phillips and Sheila Steafel trapped voluntarily in a vehicle heading nowhere . |
| 3 | Similarly , the cars of ramblers who do n't like to see bikes on the hills are , by weight of numbers , forcing cyclists off the road . |
| 4 | We therefore wish to see removal of the advice that planning authorities should consider ‘ the likely effect on the operation of the business ’ when considering justifiable enforcement action . |
| 5 | Then we would tell her the same story , in the same words , like a folk-tale : the ride on the motorway , the meal in the restaurant , her going to sleep and waking up to see sheep on the Derbyshire hills . |
| 6 | We found these very interesting and should be glad to see copies of the material you mentioned as about to go to print . |
| 7 | The Senegalese Armed Forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Mamadou Mansour Seck , had gone to see Taylor about the incident , accompanied by Maj.-Gen. |
| 8 | The document itself was not privileged and to that extent the other side was entitled to see part of the materials with the brief . |
| 9 | Loretta decided she would have to abandon her attempt to see Veronica for the rest of the day . |
| 10 | Still fastening buttons , she hobbled to the door in time to see Travis down the beach , waving his hands to attract its attention . |
| 11 | He prefers to see believers as the heirs to the one Abrahamic covenant which inaugurated the Old Testament people of God ( Acts 3:25 ) . |
| 12 | In the spring and summer of 1936 , she went to the Mercury Theatre on at least seven occasions in order to see Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 13 | It is only now , almost five years after the fact , that the US press corps and America 's allies are beginning to see Gramm-Rudman-Hollings for the hoax that it is . |
| 14 | When it 's daylight in Leningrad and the buses and lorries are roaring along the wide Nevsky , and African delegates are being toasted at multi-course lunches at the Astoria , then it 's easy to see Leningrad as the birthplace of Communism . |
| 15 | If he can not accept it , can he at least dispatch a team of Scottish Office officials to see matters on the ground and report back to the Scottish Office on the grim situation faced by the islands ? |
| 16 | I believe that this application for a residence order is yet another step in this game and that neither parent has been able or willing to see matters from the children 's point of view or in terms of their feelings , experiences and level of understanding . |
| 17 | They kissed , briefly , and made a date for about eleven the same morning , to see Karen onto the ferry . |
| 18 | Even Mr Sugden made himself available to meet the visitor , ready to assume that here was the returning warrior , eager to see areas of the country which only he could recommend . |
| 19 | We would like to see work at the accident blackspots ; junctions and blind bends where you ca n't see . |
| 20 | He hopes to see work on the issue of support , particularly pairing up with another person . |
| 21 | Thus in general it seems a mistake to see attitudinism as the enemy of reason in ethics . |
| 22 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
| 23 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
| 24 | But I began to see limitations in the amount I could give . |
| 25 | George was already phrasing his call to Culliman ; perhaps the request should be for Maxim to ‘ make himself available ’ to the Study group a suggestion of staying several days give the chap a chance to see Washington in the fall … and make a quick trip to St Louis and back . |
| 26 | It is a long way from the " careership " proposals of the CBI and a long way , too , from the systematic manner in which those parties argue who would wish to see TECs as the regulators of training and as the godfather of the careers service . |
| 27 | Mr Baker seems to see opting-out as the reinvention of the direct-grant schools , while Mrs Thatcher appears to regard it as analogous to selling off council houses or British Gas … |
| 28 | ‘ The ‘ right ’ to see statements in the possession of the prosecution is therefore really a rule of practice described in terms of the ethics of the profession and based upon the concept of counsel for the Crown as minister of justice whose prime concern is its fair and impartial administration . |
| 29 | We could see Jane Russell again at the Empire , or walk up to the Arcadian to see Sanders of the River . |
| 30 | The voice startled her out of her reverie and she turned to see Candy in the doorway , her pert features anxious . |