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Appendix A<br />

Additional Corpus Examples of<br />

Senses<br />

A.1 Basic Senses<br />

(1) eye<br />

a. BNC: I had seen her face before, but only in silhouette. . .<br />

b. BNC: May I see the room now?<br />

c. BNC: I could not see the heap; it was hidden by brambles nowadays.<br />

d. BNC: I saw him in the forest a couple of days ago.<br />

(2) recognize<br />

249<br />

a. Brown: . . . the low-wage textile-producing countries in Asia <strong>and</strong> Europe will see<br />

that \dumping" practices cause friction all around <strong>and</strong> may result in import<br />

quotas.<br />

b. BNC: If there is to be a conspiracy, at least everyone will see that it exists <strong>and</strong><br />

will know who is involved.<br />

(3) accompany<br />

a. BNC: \No need to see me to my room, Alec," she said, reaching for the c<strong>and</strong>lestick.<br />

b. BNC: \I'll see you home again on Friday, love," she said to Susan.<br />

c. BNC: I'm sure your sister can see us to the gate.<br />

(4) condition<br />

a. BNC: The daughterofSamuel Roberts, quite simply, could not be seen to be<br />

involved.<br />

b. BNC: \Can't you underst<strong>and</strong> that he's the last person on the sta I want to see<br />

upset?"<br />

(5) consult

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