Example sentences of "[adv] see [pos pn] [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 | You can also just see our guests , and , enjoying themselves . |
| 10 | I can just see his eyes . |
| 11 | I could still see her eyes twinkling , hear her voice and her laughter like a gold thread sparkling through a tapestry of words . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You get used to it … and you can always see your friends if it gets too much ’ . |
| 14 | Will the children ever see their parents again — and will Peter be able to revive his childhood powers and save them ? |
| 15 | I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She had pulled her veil right over her face so that they could not even see her eyes . |
| 18 | And we did n't even see his lips move . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But snug in his arms and very close to him , she could at least see his looks were n't villainous . |
| 21 | She felt close to him , although she could n't quite see his features or his choice of clothes . |
| 22 | When she crossed her legs you could almost see her stocking-tops . |
| 23 | But when they get a little older , they will cover their bodies up and the boy shall never again see his sisters ' beauty . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They would never see their parents in quite the same way again , and ironically it was apt that they should not , because Timothy Gedge had not told lies entirely . |
| 27 | More than three hundred children and women have been evacuated from Sarajevo amid fears they would never see their families again . |
| 28 | No offence to Mr Bill Jordan , Mr John Edmonds and Mr Bill Morris , but if Labour is ever to win , the voters must never see their faces again . |
| 29 | About the time he started work he became obsessed that he would never see his parents again ; he feared that they were already dead . |
| 30 | How many girls or young women , with or without eating disorders , do actually see their periods in this light ? |