Example sentences of "to see [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange to see Swindon in the snow and Sweden in bright sunshine . |
| 2 | The Senegalese Armed Forces Chief of Staff , Gen. Mamadou Mansour Seck , had gone to see Taylor about the incident , accompanied by Maj.-Gen. |
| 3 | Loretta decided she would have to abandon her attempt to see Veronica for the rest of the day . |
| 4 | Still fastening buttons , she hobbled to the door in time to see Travis down the beach , waving his hands to attract its attention . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They kissed , briefly , and made a date for about eleven the same morning , to see Karen onto the ferry . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We could see Jane Russell again at the Empire , or walk up to the Arcadian to see Sanders of the River . |
| 10 | He said nothing , just that he wanted to see Duncan in the hall . |
| 11 | Dexter was glad they had come back to see Lancaster at the end of the day . |
| 12 | By straining my eyes , I thought I might be able to see Donegal across the bay . |
| 13 | She spun , sweating with panic , to see Damian in the forest clearing . |
| 14 | Christian wanted to see Seb at the farm immediately . |
| 15 | Nigel Cramer came round to see Quinn during the lunch-hour , London time . |
| 16 | As Gandhi says : ‘ I am endeavouring to see God through the service of humanity , for I know that God is neither in heaven nor down below , but in every one . ’ |
| 17 | He was in Hollywood by 1915 in time to see Griffith at the height of his powers , and in a sense Vidor was always to remain a representative of the Griffith era ; he was to become Hollywood 's token Progressive in a period when the main energies of that phenomenon had been exhausted . |
| 18 | The press began to see Morrissey as the spokesman for a new generation . |
| 19 | ‘ It must be frightening for them to see Ryan on the bench . |
| 20 | On 9 October I went to see Macmillan in the nursing home and he talked about the future leadership . |
| 21 | The Risley and Culcheth Sites ' Social Club Committee took 70 kids aged from 9 to 50+ to see Aladdin at the Opera House ! ! |
| 22 | Do n't be surprised to see Scudamore aboard the gelding at Aintree next spring . |
| 23 | As far as everyone knew , he had been the last person to see Zambia at the Club . |
| 24 | When George opened the door , he was amazed to see Jonna on the step looking pale and distressed . |
| 25 | They lived a long way away , but they decided to take a weeks holiday in Cornwall and decided to see Daryl in the middle of it . |