Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] see [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment he seemed almost not to see the bright silver circle that lay in her palm . |
| 2 | We ended up in the desert and we did not even see the same mirage . |
| 3 | He did not even see an English newspaper . |
| 4 | They did not simply see an empty tomb and say : ‘ Coo , he must have risen ! ’ |
| 5 | the crews of the cutters did not always see the completed puzzle , and for obvious reasons were only given sufficient information on a need-to-know basis . |
| 6 | Ceauşescu must have amused his colleagues with his remarks ‘ strongly in favour of the acceptance of free will ’ and his thought that ‘ the withering away of the State would be very welcome though he did n't quite see the withering away of the [ Communist ] Party ! ’ |
| 7 | Dr Tydeman said that he had only once seen a patient suffering from the condition and he found it particularly frightening and disturbing . |
| 8 | For a moment , Folly was taken aback , but then she realised that the policeman had probably only seen the last few seconds of their little drama . |
| 9 | But Fenella , who had twice now seen the terrible hooded and cloaked shape creep up on her , thought that the Robemaker was not here . |
| 10 | I had never even seen a Muslim — apart , of course , from on the television , and the ones I had seen there — I will be absolutely frank — did not seem a particularly inspiring bunch ! ’ |
| 11 | Eventually her grandmother came to rouse her , infuriated as always to see the lanky child leaning against the cornerpost of the verandah , craning her long neck to look between the palms at nothing . |