Example sentences of "[prep] seeing [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Coleys have asked us back for drinks at Château Kitsch — that 's worth seeing anyway , ’ he said , ‘ but lots of potential patrons will be there and the Pony Club Committee , so it could be useful to Perdita . |
| 2 | ‘ Believe me , Madeira is always worth seeing again , ’ said Jill . |
| 3 | One town , indeed , was entirely the creation of canals ( Stourport in Worcestershire ) and is worth seeing solely on that account . |
| 4 | In the case of Owen and Huxley there was a complex relationship , for Owen had been almost his father-in-science ; but Owen had other serious reasons for seeing little in Darwinism . |
| 5 | For seeing right through you ? |
| 6 | It has a horizontal division across its pupil which effectively gives it four eyes — the two lower halves for seeing underwater , the two upper for doing so in air — and the fish can swim along the surface looking for food above and below it at the same time . |
| 7 | To use an analogy from short sight : people who wear glasses are relieved of the effects of their short sight for as long as they continue to wear them and for as long as they remember that there are still some things ( such as seeing clearly underwater ) that they can not do even if they are wearing glasses . |
| 8 | But , after seeing Thoroughly Modern Millie , I honestly felt that I could n't take a whole movie in which Carol was in practically every scene . |
| 9 | Miguel came in on Friday evening , after seeing very little of the medical centre that week . |
| 10 | After seeing so many beatifically smiling faces of Mao , Chou , and Hua , as well as many jolly workers engaged in various agricultural and industrial pursuits , it was quite a relief to enter a large room the walls of which were absolutely covered with vitriolic cartoons against the gang of four . |
| 11 | It was the school itself , and the hope of seeing again that handful of teachers who make a difference in anybody 's life . |
| 12 | Use the pass on the day of your choice as often as you like between the places of interest , and your will find that it is the most enjoyable way of seeing arguably Europe 's most exciting city ! |
| 13 | FOR FAR too long , glasses have been a matter of seeing well rather than looking good . |
| 14 | From that point onward the story is a bonus but overall you read for the quality of language and the quality of seeing rather than the material . |
| 15 | Christina Muir recalls the shock of seeing badly burned airmen being treated in the Radcliffe when doing her ‘ war-work ’ as a ward maid in the hospital . |
| 16 | ‘ He possessed the gift of seeing ahead of his time . |
| 17 | The argument of this book has forced us to question the appropriateness of seeing either 1660 or 1688 as significant watersheds in English history . |
| 18 | In our collective folk memory — or possibly as a result of seeing too many old Hollywood movies — we think of gold in the form of coins as eminently portable in times of national emergency . |
| 19 | In our collective folk memory — or possibly as a result of seeing too many old Hollywood movies — we think of gold in the form of coins as eminently portable in times of national emergency . |
| 20 | In our collective folk memory — or possibly as a result of seeing too many old Hollywood movies — we think of gold in the form of coins as eminently portable in times of national emergency . |
| 21 | At the same time , the mind must be in readiness for new ways of seeing so that it is already poised for the marvellous and even the illogical . |
| 22 | Going to my first feminist conference in the late seventies : the thrill of seeing so many women together , and , even more so , seeing so many lesbians openly showing their affections for each other . |
| 23 | Either way , the point is that after years of seeing relatively little of each other , retirement suddenly creates the possibility of much more togetherness . |
| 24 | You will need a detective , be it a police officer or some individual caught up for good reason in the investigation , who is capable of seeing deeply into people 's characters , of putting himself like Simenon 's Maigret into , not so much other people 's hoes , as into other people 's minds and souls . |
| 25 | Sadly , because the people who run soccer are incapable of seeing further than the next television contract , the real purpose of the Taylor Report is reduced to an argument about whether or not spectators should stand or be seated . |
| 26 | It 's still hard for me to cope with seeing so many people everywhere . ’ |
| 27 | The boudoir attendant is full of Czech charm and that languid humour which comes with seeing too much reality at too close quarters . |
| 28 | Out of it came an imperative on women , as well as men , not to be swayed by traditional culture and educational choice into seeing only obstacles to advancement . |
| 29 | Students derive enormous satisfaction , which is important in terms of morale and enthusiasm for learning , from seeing both a finished product , book or magazine , and a healthy balance-sheet resulting from it . |
| 30 | Sometimes I feel frightened and sometimes tired from walking on a knife 's edge , and also from seeing too many beautiful things . |