Example sentences of "see a [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly there was a brightness like sunlight below them , and Little Billy could see a vast lake of water , gloriously blue , and on the surface of the lake thousands of swans were swimming slowly about . |
| 2 | It 's called Qualitas , and you 'll see a blue logo in shop windows and on the furniture of the 700 firms who belong . |
| 3 | Will we see a complete about-turn in mid-season ? |
| 4 | Looking at Fig.8.1 we can see a wide range of P/E ratios for the chemicals and plastics firms listed by the Financial Times ; the highest is 29.0 and the lowest is 5.4 . |
| 5 | He climbed to the upper level , and from the top of the stairs he could see a wide slice of moonlight telling him that he 'd not only forgotten to lock the door behind them , in his haste he 'd neglected even to close it ; he crossed the decking and closed it now , switching the key from the outside to the inside and turning it in the lock . |
| 6 | But Labour opponent John Scott said : ‘ I think we would see a Labour ministry of development and environment as being perfectly able to deal with inner city regeneration throughout the country . ’ |
| 7 | Everywhere you can see a rich greenery of grass and trees , covering smaller hills and valleys . |
| 8 | Thereafter you should see a certain refinement of texture ( caused , in fact , by a thinning of the skin ) together with a noticeable reduction of wrinkles ; the fair-skinned may also notice a certain pink flush . |
| 9 | When a breeze shifted the curtain , she could see a plump line of jet-trail and the flexing brilliance of a rising planet . |
| 10 | In this emphasis on personal success and achievement we can see a strong thread of individualism in the physics students ' world-view ; they are keenly aware of competition between individuals both in higher education and in the labour market . |
| 11 | Wan na see a dirty movie with Muppet look-alikes taking drugs , dying of Aids and making blue movies ? |
| 12 | Driving towards the bridge I could see a black plume of smoke . |
| 13 | In the meantime visitors to the wheel can see a major exhibition on milling through the ages . |
| 14 | Martin looked up into the dark sky where now he could see a faint pattern of grey , scudding clouds , then whispered , ‘ I do n't think it 'll last long with this wind , and there 's more snow in the air . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm known as a raider , not a pirate , ’ he reminded her calmly , though she could see a faint trace of anger in the barely perceptible tightening of his features . |
| 16 | Even when one can see a similar history of decline or recovery , this did not necessarily occur in different towns at the same time ( 71 ) . |
| 17 | Yet there were still trees , planted in the good , old days , and one could see a great deal of sky . |
| 18 | Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly . |
| 19 | In the sections where we have dealt with the psychological aspects of sign language we can see a great deal of information of relevance to psychological theories themselves . |
| 20 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 21 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 22 | Asik heard a rumbling noise and he could just see a small cloud of dust appearing in the distance . |
| 23 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 24 | ‘ You can park here and see a good deal of stock in an hour or two , ’ claims Barbara Humble , who moved out from Bath two years ago . |
| 25 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp warns that earnings per share for the third quarter to March 27 will be ‘ significantly below ’ consensus analysts ' expectations which have been in a range of $0.20 to $0.26 a share , as a direct result of severe price declines in the 3.5″ hard disk drive business : the company says it does not see a significant decline in unit demand and that demand from its key OEM customers is getting stronger and says it is comfortable with revised analyst estimates , in the $0.05 to $0.10 per share range ; ‘ To the best of our ability we will not participate ’ in the price wars , it said . |
| 26 | You can see a widespread hunger for oblivion , and a refusal to talk , throughout pop . |
| 27 | I can just see a little haddock at home , receiving a phone call saying he 's won a prize . |
| 28 | In here there 's one very , very tiny little a sort of seedling coming up , can you see a little spark of green just there ? |