Example sentences of "see through [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberation does not mean slaying the dragon , but rising above it , growing beyond it , seeing through its tricks and laughing gently and lovingly when it snorts fire at us . |
| 2 | Even the attempted revisions of the discipline associated with the Scrutiny programme have failed due to its lack of positive practical goals : " False ideals are not destroyed merely by seeing through their linguistic dress , but by opposing them with stronger and better ones . " |
| 3 | ( Would he seize the chance to give her a message , without her mother seeing through her ruse ? |
| 4 | But Ramsey had an alarming faculty for seeing through his own utterances . |
| 5 | And Joanne 's seeing through his disguise made him a bit wary . |
| 6 | But his belief in the ability of the proletariat to see through their false consciousness through ‘ praxis ’ , relating knowledge to the material context of action , seems a vain hope — especially with hindsight . |
| 7 | A dead weight of darkness , trying to see through its eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act . |
| 9 | Thursday night in Galway is the night to be seen out in the town : - ) , but I 've still got more than the two brain cells needed to see through your ploy Tim . |
| 10 | The envious man is obsessively drawn to see through his rival 's eyes , the cruel man is as sensitive to a sufferer 's feelings as the compassionate ; and both are disinterested , in that it does not matter to them whether any injury they do is of benefit to themselves . |
| 11 | What 's going on behind the long face and the short , practical crop is nothing we 're going to see through his eyes . |
| 12 | And , we 've seen through their advertising in targeting women that they 've tried to post the image if you smoke , you 're more likely to be slim and slender . |
| 13 | Seen through her mother 's eyes , far-off England had seemed a land of dreams and adventure . |
| 14 | ‘ I told you , ’ said Sally-Anne , exasperated by his probing , annoyed that he had seen through her whoppers . |
| 15 | It is a slippery customer and will disguise itself in various ways ; we must see through its masks , for beyond the Ego lies our true unlimited Self . |
| 16 | I can see through her eyes . |
| 17 | That Bess could see through her casement , the road that he would ride . |
| 18 | It 's just colours I can see through my tears — just smashed bits of colour . |
| 19 | Once your pet has died you may be too distressed to dig the grave , as another owner testified ; ‘ It was raining hard and I could n't see through my tears , I just wanted to get her buried as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And I can see through my dad , as well . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you think I do n't see through your little game ? |
| 22 | I can see through your page there . |
| 23 | ‘ If you imagine she does not see through your wiles , ’ came Araminta 's shrill tone , ‘ then you are a great fool , Benedict . ’ |
| 24 | So pale , almost as if one can see through your skin . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do you really believe I ca n't see through your little game , Adam Burns ? |
| 26 | What did Mr Frankland see through his telescope ? |
| 27 | To give him his due , he made no attempt to hide this consuming interest of his : it would have seemed pointless , for he assumed that everyone else was similarly obsessed , and would see through his attempts at concealment . |
| 28 | Her eyes moved contemptuously over him , and then started to flicker , dart , race over him , staring fixedly as she realised his clothes were irrelevant ; she had X-ray vision , could see through his shirt , see every muscle , sinew , black hair … |
| 29 | Stanley sees through her facade and sees her as a threat to his marriage , and his affection for Stella . |
| 30 | She sees through his unctuous manners to his black-hearted designs , and shoots him on the spot , but it too late , and she is surrounded by Kuomintang forces . |