Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] see the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tide was already on the turn , you could just see the stone margin of the path they had walked . |
| 2 | Although it was dark , I could still see the stone wall at the edge of the road . |
| 3 | Nathan could still see the preacher standing , shocked and speechless , on his box . |
| 4 | Yeremi could still see the tube wall quite clearly with his enhanced vision . |
| 5 | Behind the gun barrel , we could now see the tank crew sitting on the turret of the T-62 , one of them with a cloth tied round his forehead . |
| 6 | He had missed her moment — he knew he had missed it — ; yet his eyes softened suddenly , and you could almost see the shadow fall from his shoulders as he twinkled down at Laura where she knelt before her dying fire . |
| 7 | The previous evening they had insisted on taking her to the cinema , ignoring her protests that she would rather see the Molière play at the Comédie Française , to watch Jacques Prévert 's film Les Enfants du Paradis . |
| 8 | He 's also figuring DEC has an unannounced ‘ modular computing ’ initiative that will ultimately see the Laser top out at 12 CPUs or more . |
| 9 | Another rebel said : ‘ He has tunnel vision and can only see the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 10 | Unsurprisingly , viewers in the Serb-held cities in Bosnia are no longer able to receive Sarajevo TV , but can only see the Belgrade version of reality . |
| 11 | But I can just see the Sun headline , a fitting follow up to ‘ Paddy Pants-down ’ , to wit : ‘ Is Neil A Nancy Boyo ? ’ |
| 12 | Non-train ticket holders can still see the road traction engine display at Swanage at £1 for adults and just 50 pence for children . |
| 13 | Inside , one can still see the Map Room , where Churchill used to study the progress of the war , the Cabinet Room where many of the Second World War 's most important decisions were made , and Churchill 's personal accommodation from which he made several of his wartime broadcasts . |
| 14 | ( I can still see the Lorimer drive blasting into the back of the net with Bremner barely off-side and no-where near interfering with play . ) |
| 15 | If I take the Metro you can almost see the petrol gauge dying in front of you . ’ |
| 16 | Throughout this gargantuan meal the talk was almost entirely concentrated on food , on remembering other great meals , or discussing the quality of the ham and the other salumi : ‘ It must n't just be pink ; it must n't be too fat , and it should be cut so thin that you can almost see the church tower through it . ’ |