Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] see [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking immediately after his election , John Young said : ‘ I am honoured and delighted to be elected Deputy Vice President and I see it as an opportunity to contribute to some of the serious issues facing the profession , and to represent a body with which I have been involved for much of my life . |
| 2 | There are tigers there , and there 's leopards and things called sloth bears , a sort of bear , but they 're actually quite rare so er we did n't see any of those , apart from the rhinos , we went very very quietly crawled under the undergrowth and we saw them in a water hole and they were just bathing there . |
| 3 | Above all , it 's a relaxing therapy and she sees it as a major way of helping a runner ‘ warm down ’ . |
| 4 | I shall tell you , instead , of the time Gerda and I saw you on the stage in Vienna . ’ |
| 5 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 6 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 7 | This was certainly a strange case , but he had not known the Pitts and he saw plenty of messy deaths . |
| 8 | The sunlight is falling like a gentle rain and I see it as a silent , unpolluting fuel ; which when it reaches the ground bursts forth in leaves and flowers and is the strength which upholds the trees , and if it failed , all life would fail . |
| 9 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 10 | An age barrier is not an insurmountable wall and I see it as my role to keep my parents young , a challenge indeed ! |
| 11 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 12 | I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’ |
| 13 | It was the best time John-Augustus had spent with Mary and he saw it as the reward for his charitable act . |
| 14 | So what what I 'm that that that 's the sort of basic outline and I see it as an opportunity of putting the name in front of quite a lot of schools |
| 15 | We see it in the newspapers and we see it among politicians particularly , who say things they really do not mean , or things they do not even understand … . |
| 16 | The mountain of studies that must be mastered before that distant date assumes daunting proportions and you see nothing but a losing battle against time . |
| 17 | For that , on Locke 's understanding of how visual sensations are related to impressions on the retina , is the same in the two cases of my seeing the figure as a drawing of a duck and my seeing it as a drawing of a rabbit . |
| 18 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
| 19 | We were driving north and I saw it at once . |
| 20 | well he bought the land and we saw him at different times build his bungalow it 's a lovely bungalow now int it ? |
| 21 | We reached the Bedford Square House and he saw me up the steps . |