Example sentences of "see what [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both cases the idea of purpose is only a metaphor , but we have already seen what a fruitful metaphor it is in the case of genes . |
| 2 | We have seen what a struggle it must have been for men in the late 18th century to keep body and soul together — how much worse , then , for their womenfolk . |
| 3 | Someone should have seen what a good wife she would have made . |
| 4 | Of course , it was a very nice idea , but I had seen what the Germans were doing with colour television . |
| 5 | As someone who loves travelling my motto has always been , ‘ never return to the same resort until you 've seen what the others have to offer ’ . |
| 6 | While I confess that when it comes to Ovation roundback instruments I 've never really seen what the fuss was about , I 've always had a sneaking admiration for anyone who uses them . |
| 7 | Never accept a quote unless the company has visited your premises , seen what the job entails , and fully discussed your needs with you in advance . |
| 8 | I would , he added mentally — if I had n't seen what the Luggage does to prying fingers . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've seen what the gales did . |
| 10 | ‘ So you have n't seen what the day has in store for you ? |
| 11 | It also remains to be seen what the Halls can do to reduce the club 's debts of £6.5m . |
| 12 | But I did think it was a lot , and I tell you why : I ca n't really see what a group of professionals charging fees like that needs cash for . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll go round , ’ said Simon , ‘ a couple more times , just so you can see what a long way down it is , and then , when we get right up there , right to the top , I 'm going to chuck you out . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not such an outsider that I ca n't see what a mistake you made with those steps — ‘ |
| 15 | If you look back at it you will see what a transformation has already taken place . |
| 16 | Try it , and you 'll quickly see what a boon record-review can be . |
| 17 | I little knew then what the future held for me and looking back I can see what a lot I had to learn . |
| 18 | If you do n't press your arrow you 'll see what a mess you 've created in your document ! |
| 19 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 20 | I suppose when we were younger , we all rather took Alice for granted , but looking back , one can see what a strong character she had even then . |
| 21 | You know and immediately can you see , you 've asked him all these questions you can see what a pain in the neck you are to all the people you 've asked these questions of . |
| 22 | Ca n't she see what a fool she 's making of herself ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Let her go , ’ he said , hoping that the masher would not see what a useless cripple he was . |
| 24 | Food is highly expensive and you could see what a hard time people had been through . |
| 25 | There is a sense in which after much complex art , much elaborate art , much sermonizing art of the sort I was talking about earlier , people sometimes get the urge to simplify things down and in a sense they say let's go back to the five finger exercise , let's see what a note on the piano sounds like instead of playing , you know , Chopin or Stravinsky all the time , let's remind ourselves what the actual note sounds like , or two notes together , or one note and then a gap and then another note , and you suddenly become aware of the richness , in a sense in these very simple elements . |
| 26 | ‘ I left lecturing to try and see what the big wide world had to offer , but things never worked out . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's always been difficult to let people see what the collective living is about ’ , says one member of the site community . |
| 28 | Nigel could n't actually see what the doctor was writing on the other side of his desk , but he could guess . |
| 29 | ‘ We 'll see what the police 'ave to say about it , ’ he said , putting it in his pocket . |
| 30 | Rather than enter this fray it could be better to wait and see what the outcome of the vote is . |