Example sentences of "see the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stonework of the parapet walls has deteriorated and you can see the river through the joints . |
| 2 | ‘ I still ca n't see the top of the lights ’ , he moaned . |
| 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 | The court also absolved General Jorge Rabanal , who led the operation , on the grounds that from his post he could not see the slaughter of the prisoners . |
| 5 | Emo 's bug eyes narrow , and for a moment , just for a moment , the mock-innocence vanishes , and you can see the craft behind the wise-cracks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She could see the choir through the windows of the Hall : a hundred pupils , rapt , or , at any rate looking rapt , under the vast banner of the G.D.R . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Can see the sun through the windows ! |
| 10 | You could n't really see the shape of the spots . |
| 11 | Her breasts were covered now , but I could see the shape of the aureoles through the wet fabric . |
| 12 | come out , you know , one or two were leaves and you could see the shape of the leaves well that was just like me on my on my back . |
| 13 | not only as to its erm very elaborate tracery patterns and and mythical beasts on it like that , around here , but also as to its colour cos although the original we found was actually blackened , when one took when I took a very powerful torch to it , you could actually see the colour in the crevices still , this red colour . |
| 14 | We do n't know how many inhabitants there are , or which is early closing day , or whether we can see the sea from the windows . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He could see the money in the paintings and he could see also the alarm wires leading to them . |
| 17 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 18 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 19 | ft was then necessary to review the work carried out so far , which , due to the extensive coding exercise and sheer size of the database , was making it difficult to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 21 | Most clients were too close to their organisation — they could not see the wood for the trees — to solve many of their senior recruiting problems . |
| 22 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |
| 23 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 24 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 25 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 26 | Can we see the wood for the trees ? |
| 27 | He was one of the very few men of science who gave a welcome , albeit qualified , to Vestiges ( 1844 ) presumably because he could see the wood for the trees ; but when the Origin of Species came out in 1859 he disliked it heartily , and became one of the most formidable opponents of Darwin and Huxley . |
| 28 | Used as in this instance , it helps one to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 29 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 30 | I mean , if it 's just that you 're too close to it and you do n't want me to look at it , there are people I know who 're good at that sort of thing ; they can see the wood from the trees ; they could — ’ |