Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 You do n't see ducks with a bow-tie on .
2 Unlike them , Mary Queen of Scots did not see complexities in the situation ; like her grandson Charles I after her , she assumed that the expression of the royal will from a distance was enough to make problems go away .
3 I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly .
4 It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while .
5 Viewers can also see Birds of a Feather , Last of the Summer Wine and Jasper Carrot .
6 AS YOU CAN SEE CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE U.K. ARE CHOOSING FASTRAX FOR QUALITY CLUB VESTS .
7 Just under the surface , though , we can see signs of a willingness to take nothing on trust , to maintain a permanent self-vigilance , and if necessary to overturn the cultural idols .
8 If I am lucky , and the weather is compatible with fish-spotting , I should see signs of the carp when they push through weedbeds and hump through the surface , or mudclouds and bubbles when they root in the bottom .
9 Although it was neglected , you could see signs of the initial planning , such as a rock garden which was completely overgrown . ’
10 As we stroll through the mall we can see signs of the opposite problem .
11 Follow that long dual carriageway and you 'll see signs for the turnoff .
12 A utilitarian who holds this ‘ attitudinist ’ view will see utilitarianism as the expression of a fundamental attitude in favour of a certain way of reaching decisions .
13 His eyes opened wide , and suddenly he could see Kirov in a new light .
14 In the longer term self-help groups may emerge , where librarians can pool views about recent publications , or library suppliers may see openings for a more active approach .
15 First , we will see prayer as a natural way of talking with God .
16 Doyle could see bruises on the man 's neck .
17 Throughout Anne 's reign we can see splits amongst the Tories , for example , with regard to their attitude towards occasional conformity .
18 On-screen editing facilities include a zoom mode , so that the user can see part of a mind map in more detail , a colour palette so that the colour of branches and text can be altered , and cut and paste options to allow branches to be moved around .
19 On-screen editing facilities include a zoom mode , so that the user can see part of a mind map in more detail , a colour palette so that the colour of branches and text can be altered , and cut and paste options to allow branches to be moved around .
20 At the end she could see part of the ward , a gleaming parquet floor and white-painted bedsteads .
21 We can see part of the answer by looking at how modern DNA molecules cooperate in the chemical factories that are living cells .
22 He could see part of the canal , part of a garden , barges loaded with potatoes , a rear view of houses being pulled down by workmen , and in the distance rows of trees and street lamps , a complicated little almshouse with its gardens , and finally a grand expanse of roofs .
23 So you will see part of the moon Right .
24 And did you see vessels in the area , because you yourself would be too young were you not ?
25 Now that the death looked painful , now that he could see traces of a struggle , he began , in a kind of panic , to say things in his head , he began to talk to the dead man .
26 The missing bridge is not a mystery in itself and one can see traces of the formation of the structure at the far end of Swithland cutting about ¾ mile north of the station .
27 Going from window to window , he could see traces of the woman Susan had told him about , but Luke Mallen was a ghost in the place — nothing of him to be found ; except , in all that stillness , a sense of violence .
28 The valley , homely and tree clad , is spread below you and as you drop down from the pass , just above Thwaite , you can see Muker down the dale looking like a toy village .
29 I can see , I can see Richard through the keyhole .
30 All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will .
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