Example sentences of "[pron] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Never before , he wrote , have I seen so clearly how to end . |
| 32 | Seldom before had I seen so many priests and nuns on the streets or as many churches per square mile . |
| 33 | I thought it might be frozen all over , like a picture I seen once with all these people skating on the ice , but it ai n't . |
| 34 | corneal transplants can help someone see again ; |
| 35 | The eyes that see ourselves see always the same creature throughout life ; in our own mind the child and the youth and the mature man are the same . |
| 36 | Erm Jill can I see please . |
| 37 | Nor do I see why caregivers should be expected to sustain a focus on personal relationships which would not ordinarily exist in the encounters between young people and adults . |
| 38 | And shall I see when the garage can take in the car ? |
| 39 | Can I see upstairs ? ’ |
| 40 | Can I see then all those in favour of the resolution as amended ? |
| 41 | Nor did I see how gods worshipped in days of continual tribal war and plunder could adjust themselves to the world where Peace is an ideal — the Christian world . |
| 42 | The upshot was I saw exactly what not to do with my life . |
| 43 | After a couple of days I saw Shelly outside . |
| 44 | We continued unimpeded until I saw ahead of me the drawing-room where I had interviewed Mountbatten , and sitting on one of the sofas with his back to us the unmistakable profile and balding head of Prince Charles . |
| 45 | A dip in the hill , much like those at Sulber Nick and Kirkby Nick , led over the crest by an outcrop and as I walked out from the dip I saw ahead of me Raydale with , to my left , Semer Water and Addlebrough behind it . |
| 46 | Above , I saw where a hole in the tin roof had been repaired with a flattened-out biscuit tin that had once contained Huntley and Palmer 's ginger nuts . |
| 47 | I followed him , Lily , and then — I could n't believe it — I saw where he 'd a desk key hidden , so then I put the books down sudden , and bent double . |
| 48 | I saw where I was drifting and I was concerned about hitting the hangar but it was all right |
| 49 | ‘ After what I saw here today , I do n't believe you 're afraid of anything . ’ |
| 50 | Pedalling home , I used to play a game — that with every light I saw on in a house , I would get £1,000 a year . |
| 51 | and I saw just how bony my legs were . |
| 52 | Zak came up to me with Donna and offered me a lift back to the city in their bus , and at that exact moment I saw not Bill Baudelaire himself but someone who might go among the owners , where Tommy could n't . |
| 53 | For the first time I saw not a vague pink blob but an exquisite , fragile , jewel-like object . |
| 54 | I felt even readier when I saw not a Gharrgoyle insight at Gharr 's table . |
| 55 | ‘ The small stone houses I saw up there — are they Inca ruins ? ’ |
| 56 | For the first time I saw clearly that it would be impossible to go through the rest of my life with a barrier in my mind between the baby and its conception . |
| 57 | But then what — ’ And I stopped as light flooded my mind and I saw clearly the chain of circumstances which connected us . |
| 58 | One of the most striking facts of the Commonwealth , as I saw clearly at the Commonwealth conference in Harare , is the immense affection and admiration that exists for Her Majesty the Queen among all Commonwealth leaders and countries . |
| 59 | I gathered from Anthony ( whom I saw later on Thursday ) that he had neither been asked for his advice nor had volunteered it . |
| 60 | I saw Yet drag himself up , eyes charged with fear , and make for the door to the lower regions . |