Example sentences of "see [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of seeing money — or love , time , success or joy — as in short supply , we will come to see them as our natural birthright , letting them flow through our lives with great ease . |
| 2 | And the protesters ' anger was heightened when Environment Secretary Michael Howard refused to see them about their fears . |
| 3 | To see them at their best , keep a small shoal , although in an aquarium of your size , two should be quite happy . |
| 4 | Jonna was not slow to remind them that he and Maisie hoped to see them at their wedding , due in a few weeks ' time at Easter . |
| 5 | It is quite possible to keep a lone specimen but to see them at their best a group is preferable . |
| 6 | To see them at their best , keep a small shoal . |
| 7 | This is not , in fact , the best time of year to see them in their full glory , but you will appreciate , sir , that with the arrival of spring , we will see a change — a very special sort of change — in these surroundings . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have loved elephants since I was a child and it will be fantastic to see them in their natural environment . ’ |
| 9 | Look at them closely before closing your eyes and trying to see them in your mind . |
| 10 | She found herself wondering idly whether , if she and Johnny were to make love now , here beneath the apple tree , Ben would be able to see them from his garden , or Mrs Draper from her bedroom window . |
| 11 | To see them within their realm , led me to understand why divers go on and on about fish and viz. And the viz was good . |
| 12 | ‘ No need to see me to my room , Alec , ’ she said , reaching for the candlestick . |
| 13 | He would not see me there ; he condescended to see me at my hotel . |
| 14 | She came to see me with her husband . ’ |
| 15 | She would be putty in my paws when she awoke to see me with my superb physique and elemental masculinity , not to mention my irresistible voice . |
| 16 | I would have thought it would quite amuse you to see me with my hands full of spikes ! ’ |
| 17 | and she comes in to see me on her way home from work |
| 18 | Up to the day before I had hoped he would come with me at least as far as Perpignan , to see me on my way ; now there was no question of that , and indeed I could hardly wait to get away from him . |
| 19 | You may well be ashamed to see me after your noise and nonsense . |
| 20 | It was against this background that Peter Thompson , the chief executive of NFC , together with his chairman , Bobby Lawrence , came to see me in my small office on the Cabinet floor of the House of Commons on 18 May 1981 . |
| 21 | When our daughter Rebecca was three she came to see me in my office one day and said , ‘ Daddy , you 're the leader of the church , and you know everything . ’ |
| 22 | I was sitting in my office smoking one of James 's cigarettes — not the best thing , perhaps , for the queasiness I was still feeling , but I hoped it might calm my juddering nerves — when a poked page-boy knocked on my door and said the Old Man wanted to see me in his suite . |
| 23 | He came to see me in our hotel the night before we came to this country , and … |
| 24 | ‘ Well , you 've seen me at my worst . ’ |
| 25 | c I think I she 'd seen me at my worst on Friday |
| 26 | While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ? |
| 27 | The police had found somebody who had seen me on my island at the time of the murder , and so the judge let me go free . |
| 28 | People had seen me in my drama school finals . |
| 29 | Have you seen them with their make-up off ? |
| 30 | ‘ I have seen them with my own eyes . |