Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] see [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , it was , the bit I saw was that policeman when he goes although those two were up to no good |
| 2 | A year passed before I was able to witness this second part of the mayor-making , so it was a different mayor I saw being installed . |
| 3 | The last light he saw was before the large rectangular lid of the boot came down on him . |
| 4 | the first piece of Bhimji 's work I saw was at her degree show at Goldsmiths ' College in 1987 . |
| 5 | The second I saw was an Alan Ayckbourn , considering that I was only six at the time and I did n't understand some of it I still was enthralled with the acting and enjoyed it almost as equally enough as the panto . |
| 6 | but er , a lot of them got on the twelve six , you goes the twelve thirty one any way we waved to her when she got on it the coach you see was full at Bart Green , you got , at Redditch |
| 7 | It 's the whole bread you see in n it ? |
| 8 | The boy he saw was ‘ most unlike ’ the son he knew . |
| 9 | The first body I saw was that of a man lying in a gutter in Raouche , his arms wrapped around his face , one leg hooked above the pavement . |
| 10 | But every body you saw was a victim of this civil war , there was no real reason for them to die . |
| 11 | The next match we saw was the final of the Men 's Doubles , with Henri Leconte and Ivan Lendl versus Jeremy Bates and Kevin Curren , which was won in two straight sets by Bates and Curren . |
| 12 | What people wanted was food in the shops and a slice of the materialist cake they saw being gobbled in the West . |
| 13 | The play we saw was A Midsummer Night 's Dream , which was excellent ! |
| 14 | When Susan Hart arrived in Longrock , the first person she saw was Luke Mallen . |
| 15 | No , this person you saw was a pretty solid kind of reality . ’ |
| 16 | Cecilia opened the small red book and the first name she saw was Bleech-Palmer . |
| 17 | The price you see is the price you pay — even if you wait for a late booking ! |
| 18 | Some of the most impressively complex examples of behaviour we see are known to be wholly innate . |
| 19 | The only other person we saw was a tall , well-dressed young negro who bought a pair of the coloured denim hipster trousers . |
| 20 | When they reached the Lion d'Or , the first person they saw was Jack Hammond sitting in a corner of the terrace . |
| 21 | They wandered silently for what seemed like miles , both wrapped in their own thoughts , and the only person they saw was a red-jumpered golfer on the course behind the beach . |
| 22 | In the boutique near the admin bulding the first person they saw was Mrs Richards . |
| 23 | And you could be sure that every dog you saw was an excellent example of their breed — they had to be the most consistent winners throughout the year before they could qualify for an invite . |
| 24 | When she finally went to the family planning clinic , the woman she saw was not very sympathetic , she said " What school do you go to ? " and when I told her she said " You 've really thrown away your chances . " " |
| 25 | Around Somerton in Somerset , for example , Roger Leech suggests that all the settlements that existed in late Roman times have been located over the last several centuries , and so the pattern we see is probably a true reflection of the state of affairs in the Roman era , showing farmsteads and hamlets 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart , scattered evenly across the landscape . |
| 26 | The woman he saw was very different from the happy , mischievous girl he knew from the ski slopes . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know whether the man I saw was a gardener , ’ said Peggy , shaking her head . |
| 28 | The first man I saw was a Daily Mirror photographer and he said , ‘ I 'm surprised to see you here , ' ’ and I said , ‘ I 'm quite surprised myself . ' ’ |
| 29 | The first man I saw was Simkin . |
| 30 | ‘ My aunt had … this other general opinion … that every man she saw was a pick-pocket . ’ |