Example sentences of "[adv] see [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 2 | You can only see its results . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 4 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 5 | The man had stopped pacing now ; he was talking , at first quietly , so that she could only see his lips moving through a screen of ferns , then he began arguing , gesticulating , running through the phrases again and again like an actor in rehearsal , pleading with someone who was n't there . |
| 6 | In the operating room you can only see my eyes . |
| 7 | The effect of this is to turn us upside-down and virtually blindfold us , since we can no longer see our eyes , which are hidden in the blank space between the mirrors . |
| 8 | ‘ Ca n't you just see their faces back home if we turned up with this ? ’ said Angalo . |
| 9 | Well hang on a sec let's let's just see which ones we need . |
| 10 | You can also just see our guests , and , enjoying themselves . |
| 11 | I can just see his eyes . |
| 12 | Instead of Greece they went to Wyvis Hall because Adam was broke and Mary was close to broke because that first time it had been so beautiful and peaceful and private there that you could hardly see what advantages Greece would have had over it . |
| 13 | I could still see her eyes twinkling , hear her voice and her laughter like a gold thread sparkling through a tapestry of words . |
| 14 | She might have offered something to eat , as most Northern women believe they have a mission in life to feed up any male who can still see his feet . |
| 15 | You get used to it … and you can always see your friends if it gets too much ’ . |
| 16 | Will the children ever see their parents again — and will Peter be able to revive his childhood powers and save them ? |
| 17 | People can now see them warts and all . |
| 18 | And as our science correspondent David Whitehouse reports , it means we can now see what cities and building looked like hundreds of years ago . |
| 19 | I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't really see what men see in women , ’ she confessed after a while . |
| 21 | But then — if we are taking our time and stay to look at the town as a whole , walk around it in the cool and quiet of the evening when the shops are shut , and the traffic has gone home , and we can really see its contours and its bone-structure — other questions begin to arise in the mind , which even the best of guide-books does not answer . |
| 22 | She had pulled her veil right over her face so that they could not even see her eyes . |
| 23 | And we did n't even see his lips move . |
| 24 | This may well understate the extent of contact by the working class who may well see their relatives living nearby several times in one week . |
| 25 | But snug in his arms and very close to him , she could at least see his looks were n't villainous . |
| 26 | She felt close to him , although she could n't quite see his features or his choice of clothes . |
| 27 | When she crossed her legs you could almost see her stocking-tops . |
| 28 | But when they get a little older , they will cover their bodies up and the boy shall never again see his sisters ' beauty . |
| 29 | I think you are men , as your fathers were , who will not lightly see your homes burned , your women shamed , your cattle driven off , your children taken for slaves . |
| 30 | Even if the rules were obeyed , the system was clearly oppressive both to the families whose best sons were torn from them and to the young boys who would never see their parents again . |