Example sentences of "[adv] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work . |
| 2 | It is rather to see how Marx handles these problems , and what views he holds about them . |
| 3 | CAFOD , on behalf of the church in this country , are asking people to write to their MP to stress that this country should not be cutting aid , but rather seeing how we can increase it . |
| 4 | Read on to see how well each pair measures up to makers ' claims . |
| 5 | We can then go on to see how these integrated structures can offer the networked services which will be the key to many multimedia business and professional applications . |
| 6 | She reversed in a reckless sweep , scraping the Range Rover with a hideous scream of metal , then tore off down the hairpin bends of the drive , blinking away tears furiously to see where she was going . |
| 7 | The RapidCad is designed as a user upgrade so to see how easy it was to fit and how well it worked Intel made a RapidCad set available to install and use on my trusty Dabs 386. machine . |
| 8 | I said I called in to see either Michael or the secretary , Mirelda her name is . |
| 9 | ‘ My reward came later when a neighbour dropped in to see how things were going . |
| 10 | ‘ I managed to tip half a pint of crème brûlée over the manager one evening when he came in to see how I was getting on . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , he said he happened to be passing — you know , just popped in to see how I was , what a shame I 'd left NCPR . ’ |
| 12 | We always used to push a long wire in to see how er every stack used to heat a little but er er touchwood I 've never er never saw a stack heat that badly . |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes the house gets on top of her , ’ Mrs Hellyer explained when she dropped in to see how the girls were managing . |
| 14 | I 'd been house-sitting for Nassim Nassim 's cousin Sunil in Leytonstone for a week now , which meant that the five-day house-warming party where all my so-called friends drop in to see how I 'm coping , how much booze I 've laid on and what the music centre 's like , had come to an end . |
| 15 | er , I did n't see a nun at , most of them were just ordinary nursing staff , just popped in to see how I was and we had a long chat about |
| 16 | Pine trees somewhere in the foreground , open enough to see through but framing the picture . |
| 17 | Further down the alleyway the wood had shrunk in a fence leaving a knot-hole big enough to see through . |
| 18 | It is easy enough to see why candidate Clinton opted for a tax on energy consumption . |
| 19 | It is easy enough to see why this bird has no need for the power of flight , but found a greater advantage in allowing its wings to become efficient paddles . |
| 20 | Because they were only half the size of a mature Thoroughbred , they were not tall enough to see over their stable doors or internal walls so that when someone opened the stable doors , the weanlings would attempt to climb the walls in sheer terror ! |
| 21 | Seals have almost spherical lenses and can not flatten them enough to see far through the air . |
| 22 | He believed he should come across someone who should want his skills — he was an incurable optimist , and imagined a fortunate meeting around every corner , though how that should come about was hard to see , as he advanced farther and farther into the dark , dense trees , where even the moonlight was split into dull little needles of bluish light on the moss , not enough to see by . |
| 23 | Not enough to see by . |
| 24 | The moon was hardly more than a pale sliver , and surely not enough to see by . |
| 25 | The fitful moonlight was bright enough to see by , so he did n't bother to use his torch as he threaded his way forward through the trees . |
| 26 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 27 | high enough to see how Ancoats meshes with Beswick , |
| 28 | Before my brain untangles enough to see how to retrieve this situation , Des has appeared and is blowing in my ear . |
| 29 | We waited patiently to see how the new Council would emerge , and we are now delighted to have established a Partnership Plan between ourselves and CCW . |
| 30 | And on Wednesday the police decided to invite the press along to see just how bad the situation has become in many areas of the North East . |