Example sentences of "[adv] see [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Like , how do you know what goes on , like with , dolphins , with whales , with all sorts of species of animals , like we do n't know , well we 're so dense we can only see things like this !
2 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 .
3 All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will .
4 and that 's a bargain , and se you know these reps would come round selling this that and the other and if , you could only see samples after , would n't touch it with a barge pole like you know , yeah I 'll have that , that 's all but that 's because he had a good grounding
5 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 .
6 However , we can already see difficulties for any variation on this approach .
7 One can already see trends in this direction .
8 ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye .
9 And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog .
10 Except that she could still see Julius in every drawing .
11 You can still see vestiges in the upper terraces of the early Baroque garden .
12 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 .
13 One occupation which requires people to work a few days now and then is market research , and you will usually see advertisements for this work in local papers .
14 Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus .
15 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 .
16 ‘ 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 ’ .
17 There are just the odd hints here and there that John and Ann did not always see eye-to-eye on religious matters .
18 ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’
19 " I do n't always see eye to eye with my father for instance about the way things are done here . "
20 Fernand was employed by the previous owner and does not always see eye to eye with Alain on the way the estate should be managed , but no … ’
21 They do n't always see eye to eye but they respect one another .
22 ‘ Added to which the Reichsführer and Admiral Canaris do not always see eye to eye .
23 ‘ Well , we do n't always see eye to eye about things .
24 Do you ever see Wendy up Kingswood ?
25 And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye .
26 If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months .
27 If you looked at the Trees ' upper halves ; at the streaming leaf-hair and the mischievous faces of the Silver Birches and the wise , implacable solemnity of the Oaks and the cool , wanton beauty of the Beeches , you could very nearly see similarities to Human features and Human characteristics .
28 He could also see bits of horns or wings down the side .
29 You 'll also see remnants of Dartmoor 's obsolete industries , warrening/rabbit breeding — and tin mining .
30 But next season will also see changes in the Scottish set-up , for this time the master himself will be watching from the sidelines unable to give the team any direction .
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