Example sentences of "see [pron] for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past .
2 For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time .
3 The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time .
4 Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey .
5 Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time .
6 Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed .
7 By a combination of Impressionist vision , imagination , a magical mastery of language , Proust uses À la recherche to explore often banal objects , often apparently dull people , often apparently trivial episodes , in such a way that he recreates them with a freshness , erm a power of conviction , that persuade us we 're actually seeing them with a privileged insight , or perhaps even seeing them for the first time .
8 He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time .
9 Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action .
10 He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy .
11 Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake .
12 One day soon she would see him for the last time .
13 This was discussed at length with Janet , after which it was agreed that the therapist would see her for the next 2 months at fortnightly intervals and that no more than one telephone call per week would be acceptable .
14 Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ?
15 Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months .
16 Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months .
17 Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time .
18 She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’
19 Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time .
20 The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time .
21 But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place .
22 Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time .
23 He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought .
24 He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time .
25 She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week .
26 He saw me for the first time .
27 ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’
28 His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman .
29 The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time .
30 It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears .
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