Example sentences of "but see [adv] " in BNC.

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1 This is not simply to force people into speaking blank verse , but to see how a person responds to the essential humanity of a character — for Shakespeare , of all the classical writers , is probably the most human , whose work is blessed with both grandeur and the common touch .
2 But to see how false this justification , let us play the equality card .
3 She would have known , as Diana discovered too late , that Camilla 's famous vetting of Charles 's girlfriends was not so much to assess their potential as a royal bride but to see how much of a threat they posed to her friendship with Prince Charles .
4 Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger .
5 So , having D'Arcy in the band has been an education , not only from playing with someone who 's obviously a girl , but seeing how people perceive that and seeing the kind of shit she takes because she 's a girl .
6 And then all the , all the little children , some of them with very serious illnesses , but seeing how brave they were on the wards , it was a very moving six months .
7 Examples include the attractive Devonshire Cup Coral , Caryophyllia smithi , which is a warm water species with a rather restricted distribution in the south and west ; or perhaps the attractive Leopard spotted Goby , Thorogobius ephippiatus a small fish know to be plentiful in the Mediterranean , but seen mostly by SCUBA divers .
8 She peers into it , but sees only herself , looking shell-shocked , and the room behind her , resembling a Wild West saloon just after Jack Palance has thrown Elisha Cook Jr through the plate-glass window .
9 He leaned closer to the window , but saw even less as his breath fogged the glass .
10 Ba pe blamed ‘ Those damned Communists ’ , but Saw firmly believed that Aung San was responsible and stored up a grudge against him .
11 Hope concluded that he could trust him insofar as the man was certain of payment , but saw also that such payment need not only be in cash .
12 He saw how she bridled at the question , but saw also how the truth forbade her to say yes .
13 They copied the form and ways of Man , but saw how Man was clearing the forest and saw how this destruction released elemental spirits from the earth which had once been frozen .
14 He heaved his bulk round , but saw only the tightly wedged backs of the mob out in the street .
15 She checked , but saw only a few photographs of a passing-out parade , a map , some pens and a blotter .
16 Joseph peered in the directions indicated by the mandarin but saw only the scented shrubs and trees of the formal gardens .
17 He glanced to see how Maxim had taken the word ‘ killer ’ but saw only the usual polite smile .
18 To her annoyance she found herself glancing over in the direction of his table , but saw only an empty chair .
19 yeah but see right , if she licked hard
20 I can , I can actually get it to there , but see when I
21 Right well you see I would have thought if you 'd have done it there , that would have been , but no , but see when you
22 but see when you get two ?
23 I do n't know , there 's a young doctor , but I can nae remember what she says , but see when I kneel a lot , Doctor
24 Physically small , compact people ( but see above ) , they kept separate from their nearest neighbours , the North American forest Indians , maintaining a common northern culture varied by local customs and practices .
25 That was the only time Patrick had seen tears in her eyes , when the vicar had said a prayer ‘ for those whom we love but see no longer ’ .
26 They will normally be worked out automatically but see also ‘ Extra help for former non-ratepayers ' below .
27 But see also our Delay Protection Plan on page 87 .
28 One of Thompson and Spencer 's ( 1966 ) list of ‘ criteria ’ for habituation is that habituation proceeds most readily with closely spaced trials ; but latent inhibition appears to be more profound when the pre-exposure trials are relatively widely spaced ( Lantz 1973 ; Schnur and Lubow 1976 ; but see also Crowell and Anderson 1972 ) .
29 The matter was first investigated by Siegel ( 1970 ) ( but see also Lubow et al .
30 And equivalent results have come from at least some studies using the conditioned suppression procedure ( e.g. Baker and Mercier ( 1982b ) , who compared intervals of 1 day and 5 days ; Hall and Minor ( 1984 ) , who compared 1 day and 8 days ; but see also Crowell and Anderson ( 1972 ) ) .
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