Example sentences of "see [art] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That evening Holmes and I drove across the moor until we could see the lights of the Stapletons ' house in front of us . |
2 | I can see the lights from a couple of shops at the end of the driveway , but they ai n't open I think — they just got their lights on . |
3 | I could see the socks inside the trainers — they were Dayglo green , the sort that used to be in fashion years ago — and they kept walking towards me . |
4 | Well then er quite , so he said erm it was all quiet and I looked up into the darkness and I said that the old fellow had gone and he litten his fuse and there was me there I could see the sparks in the darkness and I was way twenty feet below him and he must have whatsit . |
5 | He was so pale as to be almost transparent ; she could see the bones through the skin . |
6 | Across the meadows he could see the flats of the council estate , the sun striking their plate-glass windows and making them blaze as if the whole place was on fire . |
7 | As Strandhill is a peninsula , I could see the hills of the mainland far across the sea . |
8 | ‘ I can see the faces of the people and recognise them . |
9 | The Benetton spokeswoman said photographer Olivero Toscani did not see the faces of the people whose genitals appeared in the advertisement . |
10 | At eight o'clock I could see the faces of the audience well enough , but by and by the room became quite dark , and I seemed to be addressing an audience of silent and attentive ghosts . |
11 | You can see the paths of the drifter buoys looking like comet tails thin arrows centred on the equator show wind direction while the thicker arrows show current direction . |
12 | Perhaps you could not even see the windows of the School from where he was . |
13 | No , that was oh that chap who had painted Venice such a lot , absolutely recognisable , he could see the frontages of the palaces now , what was the man 's name , the sort of name you know so well you could n't think of it when it was n't in your mind . |
14 | Can you see the buds on the conker trees ? |
15 | Particularly in the USA , but also in the UK , we can see the signs of a movement developing around the belief in the value of critical thinking . |
16 | And I could see during the week this was , in the mornings you know , say about eight or nine to ten in the morning , and I could see the figures of the ladies there , cleaning the windows in the morning . |
17 | In the daylight Julie could see the holes in the road which , the previous night , she 'd only been able to feel . |
18 | I did n't , I did n't see the darts in the afternoon |
19 | I 'm sure that you can see the reasons for the brain-strain caused by trying to get to grips with this sort of puzzle . |
20 | Yes , some of us changed our minds , because we could see the effects of the poll tax . |
21 | I admired Venables , his flamboyant style and attitude , but I could see the dangers in the temptations of life in London and I regretfully turned down the move . |
22 | I can hardly see the things on the table in the corner . |
23 | You 're the only one in the room and you can see the doctors through a glass . |
24 | She could see the timbers under the terrace roof . |
25 | Now when that settles down a little bit more , maybe in a year or two , we shall lime-wash the whole frame over so you wo n't see the timbers for a bit , and just lime-wash right over the whole timbers . |
26 | Can I say Chairman on on this report of the policy of the old policy and resources committee on the internal management of local authorities that was a very important issue because it 's I all issues are important but in particular the the seal the report is to inform the council of comments which the policy and resources committee has agreed to make the association of county councils on the recommendation of the joint working party on the internal management of local authority Now I 'm sure you , you 've waded through the report at least some of the during the last er week or so that er that you 've had it well I would advise you to turn to page thirty and thirty one because there 's lot eas and it 'll make life easier for you , if you do that and there on the bottom half of page thirty you will see the decisions of the policy and resources committee . |
27 | As you will not see the titles before the examination , it is better to take the skill of essay writing with you into the examination room , than memorised chunks of your old essays . |
28 | They would see the changes to the Edict reversed , The New Hope melted down . ’ |
29 | You 'll see the superstars of the World Wrestling Federation — including Macho Man Randy Savage , Bret Hitman Hart and Legion of Doom — in terrifying action . |
30 | Fellow jockey Philip Robinson added : ‘ We were so close you could see the whites of the pilot 's eyes . |