Example sentences of "[adv] see [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
| 2 | But as we were very small people in these days , he could only see his way to take Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 3 | That was all , because , when he sat down , people could only see his coat and his shirt , which were not very old . |
| 4 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Ca n't say much about 'is looks , 'e 'ad a scarf wrapped around 'is neck an' face ; you could only see 'is hooter an' mince pies . |
| 6 | You will not necessarily see your physiotherapist doing exactly the treatment techniques described below : she may use some of these techniques plus others she has devised herself , or she may use a completely different method . |
| 7 | He finished the glass of Kir and decided that he had better see his controller in person . |
| 8 | He began to shake , not because he was physically afraid of Nicholson , though the man was twice his size , but because he could suddenly see his world falling apart around him . |
| 9 | PATIENTS so short-sighted they could scarcely see their car from 25 yards can now see well enough without glasses or contact lenses to read its number plate . |
| 10 | For some years her vision had only enabled her to find her way about her house : she could not read and could scarcely see her television . |
| 11 | Johnson reports this and other gory tales , tongue-in-cheek so firmly you can scarcely see his jaw bulge . |
| 12 | He could n't know how tempting the thought of laying down her burden was , but it would mean admitting guilt where there was none — to a man who would as soon see her sink as swim . |
| 13 | He could just see her face as he walked over to the pavement beneath . |
| 14 | We 've had erm , he may see at some stage , he might just see my son Christopher |
| 15 | I could just see my hand when I held it out . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll just see my father to a taxi and come back for you . ’ |
| 17 | I could just see my face in it . |
| 18 | Dorcas does n't believe in you , and I certainly do n't believe in you , but if you could just see your way clear to existing just long enough for us to find them , we 'd all appreciate it very much . |
| 19 | Ca n't you just see your mother in a pink floppy hat with cherries on it ? |
| 20 | ‘ You should just see your face , ’ he said when the paroxysm had passed . |
| 21 | File it alongside ‘ I 'll put you in motion pictures ’ , ‘ I could immortalise you in paint ’ , ‘ I can just see your neck in marble ’ , etc , etc . |
| 22 | It 's just that otherwise when we choose the printer , we erm can I just see your screen , Liam . |
| 23 | Towards dawn , Miranda no longer knew whether or not she was dreaming , as she felt Adam 's flesh against hers and inhaled the pungent almond smell of love ; by the dying embers of the drawing-room fire , she could just see his face . |
| 24 | She could just see his face when she told him her mornings began at six . |
| 25 | Maybe she 'd rather see her friend first , even if she had to cry after , ’ Nick said . |
| 26 | I 'd rather see our dog kill our Brian ! |
| 27 | She turned her head on the pillow , so he could not properly see her face , only the Greuze-like line of her cheek . |
| 28 | " I 'll gladly see your Superintendent if you think it necessary , " I said . |
| 29 | The hood was pulled up so that you could hardly see his head . |
| 30 | One such gillie , towards the end of his career , carried out his duties more by instinct than by reason : he had always been shortsighted , but , nearing retirement , he could hardly see his hand in front of his face . |