Example sentences of "[modal v] only [adv] see " in BNC.
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1 | We tried to identify distant hills , but in the dense heat haze that now hung about us , we could only just see Whernside and Penyghent . |
2 | She tried to look down at her feet , and could only just see them . |
3 | It was a dark , wet , misty night , and we could only just see someone ahead of us . |
4 | His head turned , and although she could only just see the shadow of his eyes she knew he was looking at her . |
5 | By the age of five I was given glasses which had no effect , serving only to restrict my field of vision , since I could only really see to read with one eye . |
6 | Because of the remarkable contours of the ground , a fielder in the deep can only just see the tops of the heads of his teammates . |
7 | Well sort , there sort of like little coves are n't they and they 're you can only just see one van from where they are . |
8 | : You can only really see one eye at a time as they 're right on the side of the head . |
9 | Perhaps we can only ever see this when we have been ‘ broken ’ by God , perhaps through failures or disasters that he has allowed us to experience . |