Example sentences of "see [pron] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I 've looked with binoculars and I ca n't see them with the naked eye .
2 We could n't often see them from the main road which passed in front of the building because they were forbidden to look out of the windows .
3 Yeah I can just see them in the rear mirror .
4 They 're advertising , we 'll see them in the Yellow Pages .
5 They do n't er , you ca n't see them in the same way you could go and see your parents .
6 ‘ Can you see me as the Prime Minister 's wife living in Downing Street ? ’
7 He climbed the stairs but could see nothing through the hammered glass panels of the front door .
8 She could see nothing through the thick clouds of dust that choked her .
9 Again she glanced at the windscreen of the other car but she could see nothing through the darkened glass .
10 At first , in the fading light , we could see nothing but the icy path , the snow-covered trees on either side — but then the flicker of a candle flame caught our eyes .
11 Someone around her — she could n't see who in the dark forest of heads and frame-bags — was talking a different language .
12 We 'll see you at the next coaches ' meeting . ’
13 I may see you on the same plane . ’
14 I 'll come and see you in the mental hospital if you promise not to cause a scene .
15 ‘ I 'll see you in the same pub we used last time .
16 He 's a very good short story writer , but I do n't see anybody with the same mixture of writerly craft and stamina which Greene had .
17 Rory could see him through the open door as he crossed from the bungalow , through the yard of machinery and tractors , and into the business block .
18 I can see him through the open bar .
19 One day soon she would see him for the last time .
20 We did not see him as the spineless vicar that Fielding turned him into in Shamela .
21 ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’
22 I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost .
23 Let him see her as the successful career-woman she was .
24 For a long while , I could see her in the rear-view mirror , standing in the dusty road in her long white dress , holding her child and looking after the Felder .
25 It was n't as if he could see her in the flimsy satin nightdress , was it ?
26 Some observers can see it with the naked eye under ideal conditions , though I certainly can not .
27 She could see it in the covert glances of the London girls , some of whom had been planning how to look at the Belvoir dance for the past month .
28 But you can see it in the glazed look in his eyes .
29 You can see it in the glazed looks on the faces of the crowd tonight — they 've never seen anything like it !
30 She could see it in the black expression that crossed his face and the tightened lips .
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