Example sentences of "see [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About the only place you could see them was on the scrap heap . |
| 2 | I suppose they could see I was in a mild state of shock . |
| 3 | By this time the " All Clear " sounded and there was a certain amount of light by which I could plainly see I was in what appeared to be an MT parking lot , When the rear gunner returned he reported that we were in the Manston MT yard . |
| 4 | Ca n't you see I 'm on the level ? |
| 5 | This will be , do n't you see I 'm in the process of answering a letter to Regional Railways , on the whole finances of er Leeds North Western , and I needed to know which number you 'd actually |
| 6 | twelve thirty three , and if you look you 'll see I 'm from Orkney . |
| 7 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 8 | Then he added : ‘ I can see you 're in good shape for your age , sir . |
| 9 | But it is for you already , any fool can see you 're in no shape to continue . |
| 10 | Things will seem far worse than they actually are for a few days — but once the drama dies down you 'll see you 're in a fine position after all . |
| 11 | I can see you 're in the lead . |
| 12 | I could see she was on the point of leaving . |
| 13 | She could see she was at the point where the police might be going to do some hard questioning . |
| 14 | I think you can see we are on the road to recovery . |
| 15 | They were portrayed as somebody above us — and once it was seen they are not , everyone could see they are like the rest of us . |
| 16 | I could see they were about my size . |
| 17 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 18 | He had n't , but , looking at the map , Branson could see they were within striking distance . |
| 19 | ‘ If anyone wanted to sell their piece , and we can see it 's of sufficient quality or by a popular artist , we 'll give an evaluation . |
| 20 | You can see it 's in good heart . ’ |
| 21 | erm , this is a , a case which er deals with er the issue of the suspension of a measure based upon community law , whether a national court , when a measure has been based upon community law has power to suspend it , now my Lord the er issue in was erm involved er the er decision of er the German government er to give effect to er a community regulation in the sugar sector which er required er that levies should be er obtained from sugar companies , so it was a very direct er implementation of community law erm in that sense different to the matter before your Lordship , but we rely on it by analogy and in , in this case my Lord er you will see it 's in the supplementary bundle of authorities , the extra bundle because , before your Lordship , in that case your Lordship will see er between paragraphs fifteen and thirty three er the er European court indicating that where a measure that has been based upon a community er , er law is challenged before a national court that the national court er should er only er engage in the er , er suspension of such a measure , erm if there is serious doubt er this is erm my Lord er at er paragraph twenty three of the case er and we say that er if you look at the criterions they are not dissimilar from those that have been adopted by the House of Lords as a matter of English law in the case |
| 22 | the binder was a great help you see it was on a a a Had the cutting and then it went on to the platform and the it went up |
| 23 | Well , you could see it was worth it . |
| 24 | ‘ I could see it was in a bad state . ’ |
| 25 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 26 | The sudden glare was blinding , but when he unscrewed his eyes , he could see he was in a kind of windowless utility room . |
| 27 | He sat frowning at his typewriter but Emmie could see he was in a good mood . |