Example sentences of "[pron] saw through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I yearned towards the mystical earnestness which saw through the outer facing of existence in a oneness and blinding intensity which went direct to some essence of being . |
| 2 | She stared at him a moment , her eyes narrowed slightly , as if she saw through the flesh to the bone itself , and while he met her staring eyes unflinchingly , something in the depths of him squirmed and tried to break away . |
| 3 | The heron profile that she saw through the grille . |
| 4 | " I guess you saw through the governor 's speech last night , Chuck , did you — all that hypocritical talk about the civilizing mission ? " |
| 5 | But the truly independently-minded MPs are the sort of Conservatives who turned out Neville Chamberlain in 1940 and whose mutterings in the Smoking Room could affect Conservative premiers. and the kind of Labour members with the outside income or the zeal who saw through the European Communities Bill . |
| 6 | He saw through the toadying , of course he did . |
| 7 | He saw through the cabins , the holds and the ballast bilges . |