Example sentences of "[vb base] see [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top .
2 LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers .
3 You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up .
4 I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ?
5 Our attitude is that we want to see everyone in the six counties , whether Protestant or Catholic , active in the movement to attain civil rights for the people there .
6 Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others .
7 We hope to see you at the show .
8 We hope to see you at the grand final in London .
9 Well we wish you luck obviously Simon in all your efforts this year , we hope to see you at the Oxford Stadium at some stage , and hope it goes well for you .
10 I hope to see you on the 29th at Bronllys .
11 We hope to see you on the 7th December , especially people from the south and west of the county .
12 ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’
13 I never seem to see him around the pub these days . ’
14 I hope you manage to see everyone during the holiday period , as I know how much that means to you .
15 In 1976 , Linda Ronstadt released an album called ‘ Hasten Down The Wind ’ ( Asylum Records No. 7E-1072 ) which featured not only the guitars of Andrew Gold and Waddy Watchel ( anyone remember seeing him with the Everlys way back on their 1973 UK tour ? ) but also a fine , guitar-playing steel guitarist named Dan Dugmore .
16 I know he has done some bar work , ( hardly surprising for a pisshead like Harvey ) I remember seeing him in the Three Cups at Stamford Bridge a few years back .
17 I 've got a full-time job now , I hardly get to see them during the week . ’
18 When you 're not out walking around this lovely area of the Borders try seeing it from the back of a horse — the Westertoun Riding Centre will take you out on anything from an hourly ride to a half day trek through the Lammermuir Hills .
19 Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome .
20 If there is a problem try to see it from the child 's point of view .
21 The woman said her lodgings were rather difficult to find , but if we go to see her after the show , she 'll arrange for a member of the company to escort us there . ’
22 There are people out there who really do see him as the pioneer of a computer-generated escape from reality .
23 I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost .
24 ‘ I 've to see them at the bank shortly — there 's that Buttering to be fixed , and no money for it wi'out they 'll give me a loan . ’
25 ‘ I 've seen plenty in the last few months . ’
26 I warrant you 've seen nothing but the road between your horse 's ears for days . ’
27 After all , I 've seen myself in the mirror .
28 I 've seen him at the club many times .
29 She says I 've seen him at the shop but he did n't speak .
30 She says I 've seen him at the shop but he did n't speak .
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