Example sentences of "to see through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was blood all over the windows , too , and Magee had to wipe it away with the sleeve of his coat in order to see through the windscreen . |
| 2 | I am particularly pleased to have been able to see through the work to stamp out default and to promote high standards in the profession . ’ |
| 3 | I pulled my boat near to the ship , then stood up to see through the cabin window . |
| 4 | The mist was now so dense it was more like a sea fog , the humidity very high and the sweat dripping from my forehead as I leaned forward , my eyes straining to see through the murk . |
| 5 | I do n't need to see through the sheet to know that Anya 's flushed brick red , and that her eyes are fixed on somewhere quite far to the east of the Walthamstow marshes . |
| 6 | I think I need a man older than myself because I always seem to see through the boys I meet . |
| 7 | Mr Major praised his work yesterday and , in a reply to Mr Garel-Jones , said : ‘ It is characteristic of you to wish to see through the legislation you have been working on , and it is what your colleagues would have expected of you . |
| 8 | It is difficult to see through the vagueness now surrounding the Government 's plans , but it is clear that ministers were both unprepared and unco-ordinated in their response to what MPs across the political divide detected as the stench of injustice . |
| 9 | As Pathfinders they had the extra advantage of being able to use all the latest radar equipment to enable them to see through the layers of cloud , and when they were talking to Met Officers we would hear mysterious references to ‘ Gee ’ and ‘ H2S ’ . |
| 10 | At this stage the author uses the light box to see through the paper , and by turning over the paper it is possible to drawn in with pencil on the reverse , a rough copper track layout which will link up the components in accordance with the circuit diagram . |
| 11 | It took application and imagination to see the point of Eastern Europe , to see through the glacier to the contours underneath . |
| 12 | Much of the energy at these wavelengths is absorbed by the atmosphere , which means that a remote sensing instrument such as the MSS or TM would , if it operated in one of these bands , be unable to see through the atmosphere and consequently would be unable to obtain any information about the surface of the Earth . |
| 13 | But , in an uncanny moment of premonition , I am able to see through the mists of time to Judgement Day . |
| 14 | He tittered nervously as he tried to see through the glare of the flames . |
| 15 | There was enough light in the tunnel from the entrance and from the gun emplacement slits in the pill-box for her to be able to see through the dark . |
| 16 | In any intimacy between a stronger and a weaker personality the weaker is inclined to yield even when he has the means to prevail , from a compulsion to see through the eyes of the stronger . |
| 17 | Mr McFall described as false government claims that there is not enough parliamentary time to see through the amendment , which would bring Scotland into line with English law by forcing the knife carrier to prove there is no criminal intention . |