Example sentences of "[be] seen [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sea breeze was strong enough to mould the skirts of passing women , and Grunte , who could remember little of the events of the night , save that he had spent a good deal of money feeding the faces of his party faithful ( ‘ Pity about Hyacinth ’ ) , and that he had been seen back to the Grand after a drink or two by Leroy Burns ( ‘ Grand fellow , must see if I ca n't find him another Sierra ’ ) , gave thought to his pending performance . |
| 2 | Certainly there are many more women barristers to be seen around beneath the horsehair wigs , and the occasional black or Asian face . |
| 3 | Bill Davies , who provided the cross , can be seen over on the right wing . |
| 4 | Thursday night in Galway is the night to be seen out in the town : - ) , but I 've still got more than the two brain cells needed to see through your ploy Tim . |
| 5 | The Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham on December 12 would be considered as an alternative if Morley Street were to miss Ascot , otherwise he might not be seen out before the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on January 31 . |
| 6 | At Duxford airfield , the operations table from which aspects of the Battle of Britain were controlled can be seen along with the original control tower , hangar and runway . |
| 7 | It 's important again that we were seen around in the business community . |
| 8 | Everything seemed to be settled when Taiwanese and Indonesian officials agreed that the animals would be sent to the orang-utan rehabilitation centre run by Dr Galdikas at Tanjung Puting in Kalimantan ; and in November 1990 , they were seen off at the airport by BBC cameras , reporters from around the world and a hundred singing Taiwanese children . |
| 9 | I felt rather like an explorer being seen off into the unknown . |
| 10 | The crew of the Arun and Mersey class lifeboats are pictured ready to Poole Quay on 23 May 1991 and being seen off by the director , Brian Miles ( centre ) flanked by the two coxswains , Staff Coxswain Mike Houchen ( right ) and divisional inspector Les Vipond ( left ) . |