Example sentences of "to see [pers pn] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to such a theory , if we , in English , call both our mother 's brother and our father 's brother by the same term — ‘ uncle ’ — it is because these two relatives are , to us , the same ‘ kind ’ of relative , and that probably the fact that we use the one word causes us to see them in that way . |
| 2 | ‘ Thank you — I 'd prefer to see them in full sunlight , ’ Lucy said hastily , in case Silas imagined she was anxious to experience a moonlight stroll with him . |
| 3 | Oh you want to see me in four weeks ? |
| 4 | But er you want to see me in four weeks to see about that ? |
| 5 | I 've the head of the Board of Tourism coming to see me in five minutes . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't want to see Sarah in that way , and I would n't want her to see me in that kind of light either . ’ |
| 7 | At my weekend surgery three pensioners came to see me in considerable distress because of the difficulty that they faced in paying their water and electricity bills and other bills from private utilities following the large price increases . |
| 8 | ‘ And if you are too tired to write you must come to see me in any case , and then I shall know you are safe . |
| 9 | Well I 'm coming back to see you in two weeks ' time so could I maybe get the information off you then ? |
| 10 | Now I want to see you in four weeks again . |
| 11 | You know you wrote that letter and it said oh , I hope to see you in half term and then , then said I hope not |
| 12 | ‘ You know Joanna will be overjoyed to see you in any condition . ’ |
| 13 | My payment will be to see you in these clothes . |
| 14 | I want to see you in proper uniform today , Sharpe , today ! ’ |
| 15 | My heart , to love him ; my will , to do his will , my mind , to glorify him ; my tongue , to speak to him and of him ; my eyes to see him in all things ; my hands to bring whatever they touch to him ; my all only to be a real ‘ all ’ : because it is joined to him . |
| 16 | It was amusing for Charles to see him in this state , his usual poise unbalanced by childlike curiosity . |
| 17 | To see him in this way has made it possible — has made it logical and rational — to set fire to the night skies of Iraq . |
| 18 | Every night I go to see her in different plays and she 's always wonderful . ’ |
| 19 | I thought it would be much easier to see her in those sort of surroundings . |
| 20 | and I , I went to see her in open evening , I could n't understand her , cos she you know , she real , I mean she is French |
| 21 | If the complex we observed was required for PPT expression we would expect to see it in these cells . |