Example sentences of "[vb past] see too " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a helpless sigh she stared into deep grey eyes that seemed to see too much . |
| 2 | Anna 's blue eyes seemed to see too much , and Merrill had already had enough of that discomfiting shrewdness from Luke . |
| 3 | Two wheels , round and round , he could n't take his eyes away , and this time it 'd be like worship , I dreamed that we were made of gold , he 'd seen too much , his eyes were gold , they 'd have to melt them down . |
| 4 | They 'd seen too many of their comrades tread on something nasty or gut-shot in a FAKINTIL ambush . |
| 5 | The verdict brought relief for some neighbours who said they 'd seen too many animals suffer over the years . |
| 6 | Or would Eden think of the air marshals , and the children who had lost their parents in a blitz , and former warriors who had seen too much blood on a battlefield , and exercise a silent veto , by going for the second preference ? |
| 7 | Montgomery had seen too many such people to feel more than a token sympathy . |
| 8 | She had seen too many ghost skulls , and all under the faces of people who were now dead . |
| 9 | Sotheby 's sheet had seen too much of the sun and was also considered to have a high estimate of $150,000–200,000 . |
| 10 | He had seen too many prominent European industrialists toppled from their pedestals by tabloid revelations of the pathetic vanity of their wives , frivolously whittling away the family money on a succession of oversexed gigolos . |
| 11 | He had seen too many waves fall harmlessly upon the shore . |
| 12 | The Colonel was not normally one whose nerve or self-confidence could be shaken by a comrade 's torment — he had seen too much and , besides , a soldier in the field made his own luck — but sitting now in the darkness , hardly aware of the familiar sounds of a barracks coming to life , the hollow ring of that dead voice seemed to re-echo in his ears . |
| 13 | He had seen too many troops already . |
| 14 | To my way of thinking you had seen too much of my secretary , I decided on that instant that to take you out of his vicinity was an excellent idea . ’ |