Example sentences of "seeing [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 32 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 33 | He had the faculty of meeting everyone on the level , and Father had a story of seeing him at a political meeting , which he was probably chairing , walking arm in arm with the Grand Old Man himself , both talking . |
| 34 | At the first performance Vivienne was terrified by Sweeney , seeing him as a homicidal madman . |
| 35 | I am looking forward to seeing him in the French Open and hopefully he will win it this year ! |
| 36 | I know he has done some bar work , ( hardly surprising for a pisshead like Harvey ) I remember seeing him in the Three Cups at Stamford Bridge a few years back . |
| 37 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 38 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 39 | Charles took to Diana that weekend and began seeing her on a regular basis when they returned to London . |
| 40 | Questions are raised but not answered and the next car commercial appears — but are you now seeing it through a different pair of glasses ? |
| 41 | Unfortunately , the Ego has made a monopoly of guilt , seeing it as a splendid excuse for misery and martyrdom . |
| 42 | She was reported as seeing it as a serious matter and thought the fine by the court was not enough : ‘ I 'd have chopped his hand off if I 'd had the chance ’ . |
| 43 | Mr Hawke has embarked on a crusade to join the airlines in smashing the pilots ' claim , seeing it as a crucial challenge to the cornerstone of his government 's economic policy , the wages accord between government , employers and unions . |
| 44 | ( It is worth adding that multiculturalists are prone to another essentialism with regard to the state , often seeing it as a neutral and uncontradictory vehicle for educational and other reforms — see Troyna 's critique ( 1987b ) of the Swann Report . ) |
| 45 | The 1608 Lear is published by the Oxford editors because they feel it sufficiently different from the Folio version to justify seeing it as a separate aesthetic entity . |
| 46 | The subcontinent is increasingly being used for locations — and Hollywood is beginning to target the Asian community , seeing it as a vast untapped audience which could help bring the industry out of recession . |
| 47 | As we learn to take it more lightly , seeing it as a mere illusion , money begins to flow through us like a |
| 48 | I should think it probably would , but I do n't think that 's any reason for not starting it and for not seeing it as a major goal , because after all erm the travel market , as we 've heard , is extremely competitive erm people really do vote with their feet and if we do n't then people wo n't come here , and now we really have got a fight on our hands to encourage people to come here , particularly from North America . |
| 49 | The previous owner had parked a large , old-fashioned caravan at the back and the Canadian had made no difficulty about letting this to Neil for two pounds a week , seeing it as a useful way of having someone to keep an eye on the property . |
| 50 | She could almost feel the internal battle raging within her , and for a long moment could do nothing but gaze at the stage , torn between seeing it as a hostile no-man's-land and home . |
| 51 | They were driving into the city now , and she looked around her , seeing it with different eyes for the first time , seeing it as a garrulous old lady with so much to tell to anyone willing to listen . |
| 52 | He was a firm believer in the power of Television , seeing it as a definitive medium for enriching the lives of the general public through the art of its broadcasting . |
| 53 | Male behaviour is so normative that we ordinarily think of celibacy as meaning that men are to leave women alone , rather than seeing it as a positive step women take to make a non sexually-active community together . |
| 54 | But even if we allow that this can be a beneficial experience , we must question the wisdom of seeing it as the only valid way in which reading can be learned . |
| 55 | The verdict on whether Mr Lamont will remain as Chancellor remained open last night , with many Tories seeing it as an electoral mistake to raise fuel bills in the run up the next election , while others praised him for tackling the public deficit . |
| 56 | Clare 's newfound , short-term leisure meant that she now enjoyed cooking instead of seeing it as an added , rushed , three-times-a-day chore to fit in around earning her living . |
| 57 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |
| 58 | Having always been aware of the Cathedral I 've often wondered what impact it has on visitors seeing it for the first time . |
| 59 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 60 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |