Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There will be times during a good investigative session when they need to draw several quick diagrams perhaps , or they may suddenly see connections between things which they can not yet explain but need to indicate immediately . |
2 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
3 | You 'll also see remnants of Dartmoor 's obsolete industries , warrening/rabbit breeding — and tin mining . |
4 | Although Charlie could always see Trentham in front of him , Tommy was so silent in his wake that from time to time he had to look back just to be certain his friend was still there . |
5 | He could also see bits of horns or wings down the side . |
6 | I 'd often see birds with gut or wire wrapped around their necks or wings , or looking ill because , as I discovered later , they 'd swallowed lead shot which the anglers used to weight their lines . |
7 | Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me |
8 | Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye . |
9 | My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living . |
10 | It is not a very demanding version of the chase , especially on Sundays , when you may well see rows of gunmen in position only a few easy yards from the hotel where they mean to have lunch . |
11 | And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye . |
12 | ‘ The golden rule of conduct , therefore , is mutual toleration seeing that we will never all think alike and that we shall always see Truth in fragment ( sic ) and from different angles of vision ’ . |
13 | Gilbert : ‘ They are obsessed with sex otherwise they would n't see forests of penises that are not there ! |
14 | ‘ Charity , if you ca n't see destiny at work in all this , you 're blinder than your glasses , thick as they were , ever led me to believe . ’ |
15 | Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother . |
16 | That is why you will still see caricatures of Sherlock Holmes in cartoons and advertisements in your newspaper , and that , too , is why the Great Detective , although unlikely to be a creation of your own , is worth some consideration . |
17 | Ted and I will never see eye to eye about his clients , whom he likes , respects and positively enjoys dragging over hills to bag stags , whereas I loathe these numbskulls who think killing is ‘ sport ’ . |
18 | This night prowler has a low density of cones in its retina and so can only see colour in objects which fill a large part of its field of view . |