Example sentences of "only see [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 2 | You can only see its results . |
| 3 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
| 4 | But as we were very small people in these days , he could only see his way to take Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 5 | That was all , because , when he sat down , people could only see his coat and his shirt , which were not very old . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 7 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 8 | The man had stopped pacing now ; he was talking , at first quietly , so that she could only see his lips moving through a screen of ferns , then he began arguing , gesticulating , running through the phrases again and again like an actor in rehearsal , pleading with someone who was n't there . |
| 9 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
| 10 | In the operating room you can only see my eyes . |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't say much about 'is looks , 'e 'ad a scarf wrapped around 'is neck an' face ; you could only see 'is hooter an' mince pies . |