Example sentences of "[adj] see [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was staring at the glove box now , he was too low to see out of the window . |
| 2 | It had been refitted with a low-watt bulb practically too dim to see by , in order to save electricity . |
| 3 | Now the interior was all of artificially roughened timber , raw beams and panelling with a sawdust-covered floor , and the lights were piss-coloured imitation gas lamps that were almost too dim to see by . |
| 4 | Gloria disappearing between the double swing doors with the round port-hole windows too high to see through , and Dot in the dark brown corridor standing , standing , waiting , for however long it took . |
| 5 | We take it for granted that we have light to see by , natural or artificial . |
| 6 | Then the wind rose , fanning the few sparks left alive in the brushwood ; the fire flared into life again and gave them light to see by , and they broke apart from their terrible embraces and sprang off to blade-length and lance-length . |
| 7 | Whereas Christmas is viewed as a more sedate family occasion , Hogmanay is quite the opposite , and young and old see out the old year in style and ring in the new at the top of their voice . |
| 8 | Spirally cleaving embryos show much less regulative ability than that seen in , for example , sea-urchins and amphibians . |
| 9 | ‘ It is very sad to see up to three million people on the dole while we can not get applicants for good jobs in our industry , ’ he added . |
| 10 | Standing a magnificent 12 inches high , Action Man looks set to see off Ken — Barbie 's beau — who stands just 11½ inches tall . |
| 11 | It is especially easy to see out of and manoeuvre in tight spots , which is why , apart fro anything else , you see so many of them being driven so aggressively in heavy traffic . |
| 12 | You notice immediately that it is different from other parts of the country , because the roads are very narrow and windy and the hedges well built and in most cases so tall they are impossible to see over . |
| 13 | We 've a big mechanical saw up the end there . |
| 14 | Woman , 74 sees off developers |
| 15 | Unable to see out the operator inside was responsible for a few unintentional gropes during rehearsals ! |
| 16 | He was too short to see over his stable door and he could n't communicate with his friends , especially retired Police Horse , Stapleton . |
| 17 | But £3 million-plus rated Keane is unlikely to see out the full term of his new deal because of contract stipulations . |
| 18 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 19 | It turns out that our animal was able to see in almost every direction — upwards , downwards , sideways and forwards , and even backwards , because the eyes bulged out beyond the line of the rest of the body . |
| 20 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |
| 21 | Charles said he was fine and he was able to see out of the window , although it was remarkably small . |
| 22 | It 's a high seat , so a small child is able to see out of the window , and the ‘ recline ’ control is easily reached . |
| 23 | ‘ Next it was important that the operator should be able to see out all around him but without the viewers seeing there was someone obviously inside . |
| 24 | So that 's going to be one of the best things about being here — going to lots of concerts that I 'd never be able to see back home . |
| 25 | With her ears ringing from the massive blast of the weapon she threw herself down and crawled across to the wall by the front door , able to see back through the sitting-room to the kitchen . |
| 26 | One feels that his ghost may now rest in peace , happy in the knowledge that this exceptional cliff has now fully realised the potential he first saw back in the mid 1950s . |
| 27 | It was falling so fast that rivulets of rain streaming down the window-panes made it difficult to see out at all . |
| 28 | A repeat of anything like that form will be enough to see off his modest rivals . |
| 29 | Liverpool 's docks were thronged with visitors , eager to see around warships and even a German submarine , which were opened to the public . |
| 30 | He had been drinking in the St Heliers Tavern , got into a fight , and was last seen out side . |