Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] see [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Some parents , who as children may have been afraid of school or bored by it , may only see education as relevant if their children are finding education unthreatening .
2 ‘ They should not see television as a panacea for all financial ills . ’
3 Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love .
4 The central thesis is that " coding creates reality rather than simply reporting it " ; but to suggest that " simple reporting " is how one might normally see coding functioning in relation to reality is to presuppose a very naive view .
5 You might also see gadwall , Brent geese and Bewick 's swans .
6 Right we 'll now see chairman 's remarks which erm since Alan is not here has asked me to read .
7 I expect we 'll now see trade unionists and others appointed where appropriate .
8 The pain would return , she knew , cruel and cutting , but pride and hurt meant little compared to the fear that she might never see fitzAlan again .
9 She could not see Finn 's neck for the hair .
10 Silver 's light-grey fur showed up plainly against a low spray of gorse , but Hazel could not see Bigwig until he sat up and ran towards them .
11 She could just see Roman 's car and she was blinded by a rush of tears as she realised she would never again sit in it by his side .
12 I was watching Sky replays of the incident over tea and snickers at half time , and heard the pundits blathering about a handball by Rod Wallace which they could clearly see happening , but I could n't .
13 Next year could also see Unit 's graduation from the third tier to the main market .
14 Elizabeth listened intently , till she could practically see steam puffing out of the ears of Seumas Ban and Lady Bridhe .
15 She could n't see Spike .
16 Down on ground level again , I could n't see gaunt-face anywhere .
17 Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me
18 She could n't see Miguelito from here , but she had seen enough .
19 He could n't see curvature in the third dimension .
20 Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye .
21 Last August Australia sent three naval ships to the Gulf ; Bob Hawke , the prime minister , made it clear in December that they would be put under American operational control and could well see combat .
22 Old fair hands could doubtless see order in the chaos , the separate camps of the different families within the larger camp .
23 My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living .
24 But , in conclusion , one may also see community mental handicap teams embarking ( albeit hesitantly ) on a new phase of development .
25 Maybe we shall soon see legislation , necessary for the health of the nation , aimed at preventing individuals from harbouring dangerous thoughts .
26 Elizabeth , who met her fiance on holiday five years ago , was described last night as a kind person who ‘ would not see evil in anyone ’ .
27 And over in the last verse in that chapter it says , he who believes in the son , has eternal life but he who does not obey the son , shall not see life , but the wrath of God abides on him .
28 Look what Jesus says here in Luke chapter thirteen , in verse twenty four , just let me pick a few phrases out , verse twenty four it says shall not be able in verse twenty five there was their cry Lord open to us and in verse twenty seven their response depart from me the result in verse twenty eight there was gon na be weeping it was n't gon na be universal , they were not all gon na be saved , they were not all just gon na be swept in in the last day and did n't really matter , you 're all buddies together now in heaven , not at all , this surely what Jesus says here makes it very clear that all will not be saved if at first we 've already mentioned in John er no sorry verse further on in John three this done verse thirty six he who believes in the son has eternal life , but he who does not obey the son shall not see life but the wrath of God abides upon him , there 's no suggestion there of being ultimately brought in to God 's heaven and ultimately being saved , no it is the wrath of God abideth upon that person .
29 She did n't think she would ever see freedom .
30 And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye .
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