Example sentences of "see [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I can see signs of improvement throughout the club . ’
2 He could see fingers of suspicion approaching nearer every minute .
3 If you are artistic , you might see patterns of light and colour .
4 I can see part of Horse Guards Parade almost see myself standing there the other afternoon , looking up at these windows , still ignorant of what I was looking at .
5 You may see traces of blood when you brush your teeth .
6 If you 've got some dust floating round in the nothing you would see specks of dust .
7 The toxin may or may not be present in strains of er C diphtheria and this is just an immunological test so I wo wo n't explain it in detail but what you can see is a a strip of er , filter paper which has been bathed in anti-toxin and growth of various different strains of the organism erm which , some of which do produce the toxin you can see lines of precipitation here and some of which do n't produce the toxin .
8 Cos what he does , he puts a tea bag in a cup pours about that much water on takes the tea bag out and tops it right up with water so he can see bottom of cup .
9 On the other hand , if you go to any computer show , you 'll see hordes of software and hardware manufacturers running Windows and Windows applications .
10 Dan do n't you wan na come and see Body of Evidence tomorrow ?
11 Over her shoulder , Britta could see coils of smoke .
12 However , we did see sets of study skills booklets acquired through the project ( in one case being used in library lessons ) , and in another school project work originating in tutorial periods was being developed in study skills lessons with a view to using specific project purchases .
13 They were focused on the stone table and Jack could see particles of dust swirling in the beams .
14 She can set something or someone perfectly in context ; she can see bits of life steadily instead of trying to see it whole , when it is intolerable .
15 We can see bits of jewelry heaped in her night-table drawer .
16 But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way .
17 He did not see size of firm as a particularly important factor in his choice .
18 He took off his dark glasses , and Duroc could see points of blood in the Elder 's ancient eyes .
19 Above the bare-branched trees on the edge of his vision he could see clouds of smoke .
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