Example sentences of "we [vb mod] see [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may see a road accident but we shall never be sprawled out on the tarmacadam like that . |
| 2 | He might not be quite the regal material the Tongan people were looking for , and as his wheezing old father — born in 1918 , still fit , but neither infallible nor immortal — tottered around the herbaceous borders , I fancied , or perhaps dreaded , that soon we might see the kingdom fall and a republic rise in its place , and the monarchy he represented fall victim to the spirit of the age , as ancient and outworn as Captain Cook 's old tortoise . |
| 3 | We could see the army post now and the shuffling sentries and a few jeeps passing in and out of the gate . |
| 4 | However , each time we called she would n't answer the door although we could see the curtain move so we knew she was at home . |
| 5 | From Eaton onwards we finished the magical valley and launched into an expanse of open country , beyond which we would see the Linley skyline . |
| 6 | If the market took the view that the Government 's determination to control public spending was weakening , then we would see the pound fall and inflation increase . |
| 7 | It 's only a matter of time before we will see a Centre Centre , where the visitor can enjoy a fascinating audio-visual presentation of the large varieties of Centres throughout Scotland . |
| 8 | But we can be sure of one thing : before the end of the century we will see the telephone metamorphose into the mobile audio-visual communications centre it has long had the potential to become . |
| 9 | We will see the budget return towards balance as the economy recovers . |
| 10 | Barry is ready for his hols so this is the last time we will see the talking sweater in action . |
| 11 | ‘ A few more trade figures like that and we will see the market fall further . ’ |
| 12 | He said the princess was building up a separate Kensington Palace court and international platform for herself , predicting : ‘ We will see the phoenix princess arising from the ashes of this whole crumbling mess of the monarchy . |
| 13 | But if we move out of the fields and villages and into the great houses of Europe and the salons of fashionable society , we can see a revolution beginning . |
| 14 | But the mention of a ‘ jubilant horn ’ in Jagdlied or ‘ jangling spurs ’ in Reiselied stirs him to immediate response , and in the dreamy melancholy of Schilflied or the elfin scherzo tinged with drama of Neue Liebe ( with which the disc artfully opens ) we can see the song writer he could have been had his general approach been different . |
| 15 | Twelve miles from our Caithness home , across the stormy waters of the Pentland Firth , lie the Orkney Islands , and from the hill behind Ruther House we can see the pinnacle stack of the Old Man of Hoy . |