Example sentences of "see he [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | His allegations of a BA dirty tricks campaign to force Virgin out of the sky have seen him hold his own against some of the best PR manipulators in the business . |
| 2 | He was sitting in the bar with a drink and the evening paper when she came down , and though he appeared not to notice her quiet descent until she was at the foot of the stairs , she had seen him shift his weight some seconds before he looked up , ready to spring to his feet and intercept her . |
| 3 | The same generous spirit had seen him extend his service to the rest of the corridor , and now the whole floor depended on it . |
| 4 | Later that afternoon , there was an inspection of the course , and while sideslipping down behind Mueller I was amazed to seen him remove his skis and begin walking down the course , an activity known as ‘ bootpacking ’ . |
| 5 | show Sally how you can put your coat on have you seen him put his own coat on Sally ? |
| 6 | Recent years have seen him broaden his horizons : he currently presents Metro , the London Weekend arts programme ; he wrote songs for Caryl Churchill 's Serious Money ; and established a career as an actor , appearing in Jim Cartwright 's Road and Peter Greenaway 's The Cook , The Thief , His Wife And Her Lover . |
| 7 | ‘ Because I 've just seen him making his way in this direction , ’ he concluded triumphantly . |
| 8 | She could n't see him moving his lips . |
| 9 | Bernice could see him tapping his umbrella on the floor , pretending to study the walls , and glancing back impatiently as if he could n't believe that his companions were still unable to follow him . |
| 10 | He was developing an acute social and political conscience , and I could see him devoting his life to the Labour Party . |
| 11 | The bus stopped at the traffic lights and I could see him counting his £1 coins . |
| 12 | From behind the ruched net curtains , she could see him plodding his way around the green . |
| 13 | But he was well liked , and his colleagues , rather than see him lose his job , would roll the old man into a hollow , covering him with heather to keep out the damp , and leave him sleeping soundly until the end of the day . |
| 14 | I can picture him now , a tall lean figure in a helmet , smoking his pipe as he watched the horses being saddled or inspected them while they were being fed ; 1 can see him cleaning his rifle in the verandah of his tent , or sitting chatting with my mother by the fire in the evening . |
| 15 | Joe Lydon 's impressive form at full-back , combined with an ability to play anywhere in the three-quarters , sees him make his third tour , while the man for whom he has deputised in recent weeks , Steve Hampson , goes on his first tour . |
| 16 | For it sees him changing his mind about the adaptiveness of structural change rather than about species formation as such . |
| 17 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 18 | It 's heartbreaking to see him wasting his life away . |
| 19 | It was like a Tom and Jerry cartoon to see him bang his head on the door , bounce back , look a little dazed , and then remember the terrifying ‘ nightmare ’ he was escaping from , and shoot for cover behind the sofa . |
| 20 | I looked up in time to see him place his cap on his head and look round the kitchen , patting his pockets as he did so . |
| 21 | We would hate to see him invite his mother to a similar jaunt , even for the best of motives . |
| 22 | Quiss roared behind her , and she turned in time to see him sweep his arm over the surface of the thin , artificial board in a gesture of fury and frustration . |
| 23 | I 'd only met Mrs Tuckett twice , once when she drove Billy down to university at the start of a term and once when she turned up to see him get his degree . |
| 24 | All eyes turned to see him twisting his triangular hat as if that action alone was holding him together ; his face white and despairing . |
| 25 | I want us to thrash them just to see him shut his fat mouth — and then whinge about unfair treatment blah blah blah . |
| 26 | I did not return to work until was 18 months so I was able to see him cut his first tooth , take his first step and many other monumental firsts . |
| 27 | I am sure that if he had been with one of the stronger or more glamorous clubs at the time , his name would now be held in respect by a far wider clientele than those relatively few of us who were privileged to see him play his heart out for Crystal Palace . |
| 28 | The ‘ Coach Fund ’ was heavily subscribed ; Crawford had taken on an extensive schedule which saw him coaching his protégés ( ‘ Crawford 's Colts ’ ) four evenings a week at Carisbrook , and coaching at the Boys ' High School twice a week . |
| 29 | Not only the Headingley crowd would testify to this ; Lillee , Thomson and their friends saw him reach his century from 71 balls against them in 1975–6 , and go on to his highest Test score of 169 . |
| 30 | She saw him fold his long body into a crack between two rocks that jutted like teeth along the ridge . |