Example sentences of "[vb mod] see a [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | City analysts said that the full year should see a profit of £19.5m , to give 43.5p of earnings and a 14 per cent discount to the market . |
| 2 | Which I suspect the odd tory MP having a heart attack , falling under a bus , the loss of directions might actually mean that they might see a degree of sense in borough capping . |
| 3 | We 've seen that with the City technology colleges , which are nobody talks about , surprisingly enough , when we 've discovered that actually industry is n't remotely interested in them , and of course in the first year of an opted out school one might see a bit of palm crossing with silver . |
| 4 | If you watch the start or the first few miles , you 'll see a mass of humanity moving along at a snail 's pace . |
| 5 | No , I do n't get bored at all with it , er because snooker is not er like American pool , where you go out there with a stick and just knock balls all over the table ; snooker is snooker , and the name of snooker is to play this , you know , this game of chess on the green baize , and er that 's what , you see this is where Davis has been so good for so long , a ) he 's a supreme professional , he once apologised for only practising for two hours on Christmas Day rather than four , er and if you look at Davis ' score sheets and his matches , which I 've done over the years , you 'll see a lot of breaks of around sort of fifty five , sixty , sixty five , and then he stops , he plays the safety shot and says to his opponent ‘ okay , your turn ’ , plays the percentage game , the occasional knock in the very big ones , but that 's why he 's won so much , because he thinks it out so well , and knows the averages , knows the percentages and plays the game that way . |
| 6 | You 'll see a lot of guff written about PC performance , almost everywhere you look . |
| 7 | The bed beside her was empty , but there were men in the yard : she could see a glimmer of light between the shutters and hear a flotsam of voices now and then , when the wind died . |
| 8 | In the deck well I could see a couple of girls and two men in bathing suits . |
| 9 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 10 | She could see a flicker of fire , Wynne-Jones 's fire . |
| 11 | Walking along the riverbank or lakeside , I could see a variety of waterfowl , such as moorhens , seagulls and ducks ; up in the trees were virtually the entire crow family — jays , rooks and jackdaws — as well as blackbirds , thrushes , finches , all the everyday birds . |
| 12 | On the work surface she could see a bowl of salad , the wine bottle and a row of cutlery . |
| 13 | At the far end of the street , where the beach curved into an arc — and where the water was far enough away from the slops of Main Street — there on my right I could see a grove of coconut palms behind the beach , almost bending over the sand like a canopy as they leaned against the trade winds . |
| 14 | I thought I could see a gleam of light , " You mean his stomach … ? " |
| 15 | I could see a sort of Army bed . |
| 16 | Through the window I could see a group of men walking away . |
| 17 | He could see a group of men at the bottom , surrounding the Glory . |
| 18 | In the distance he could see a group of dog-walkers . |
| 19 | To the west you could see a sprinkling of town lights and , further west , the hills where the coal came from . |
| 20 | They could see a lot of lorries , and a lot of men were working there , building the new town . |
| 21 | I could see a lot of people walking quickly . |
| 22 | Well I can remember when I went Was in the water at the start , there was You could see a lot of boats coming in alongside the platform . |
| 23 | He could see a handful of snowdrops in the little back garden . |
| 24 | The sun was up now , and strong ; he could see a quiver of exhaust gases in the air . |
| 25 | Far ahead of her , Sabine could see a cluster of buildings , obviously a farm , but on her left , set back from the road across an expanse of roughly cropped grass and stones , was a smaller property , whitewashed walls , and earth-red tiles , standing alone . |
| 26 | The room she was using was at the back of the house , and as she got up and walked over to the window to look out she could see a panorama of fields lying lush and green under a cloudless May sky . |
| 27 | If you sat in the fireplace and looked up you could see a disc of sky and several iron hooks in silhouette . |
| 28 | And you could see an example of ecotourism and also check out Ametra 2001 — it 's a centre down there for the study of traditional medicine . ’ |
| 29 | I can remember when you 'd see a cloud of dust , perhaps it 'll be a mile away and this would be a flock of sheep . |
| 30 | ‘ When I was 16 and modelling , I got very interested because I used to see a lot of Geminis and Libras who had a lot in common , ’ says Teri . |