Example sentences of "and [pron] see the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her topcoat was open , and I saw the belt of knives — with one missing — strung from shoulder to waist . |
| 2 | Somebody brought a light and I saw the inside of the house . |
| 3 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 4 | I thought it was a brown leaf , but it moved again , and I saw the object of my greatest dread , a toad . |
| 5 | I believe there are several thousand States in Ireland now and I see the sense of locality that has always dominated here as basically a time-serving National identity . |
| 6 | I concede at once , the language is ambiguous and I see the strength of the linguistic argument in favour of the average cost construction . |
| 7 | An absolute knowledge for it , and I see the picture of it , and it 's quite wrong . |
| 8 | Briefly his gaze rested on Rachel and she saw the flicker of uncertainty in his eyes but there was no time for questions . |
| 9 | She saw her aloneness , now loneliness , and she saw the vista of age , which she had never contemplated before . |
| 10 | When he came to the part about the clip he glanced up , and she saw the flare of excitement in his silvery-green eyes before they dropped once again to the page . |
| 11 | He smiled , and she saw the gleam of perfect white teeth . |
| 12 | On the very Sunday that the new church opened we looked in vain for the empty seats in St Luke 's : it seemed that God had given to us at the mother church a new group of people who had either moved into the area or who were to be converted and we saw the truth of the saying : ‘ Give and it will be given to you , pressed down and running over . ’ |
| 13 | By the beginning of the new century some of this new ideology , with its taboos on unmanly vices was certainly for export to the working class and we see the emergence of mass youth movements such as the Scouts , and the transference to the grammar schools of many of the key characteristics of the old public schools . |
| 14 | ‘ Even with an injury to the heart , especially if the wound is in one of the right-hand chambers which do not have to work quite so hard , people can summon reserves of strength which seem incredible to us when they arrive in casualty and we see the extent of their injuries . ’ |
| 15 | Then I slowly stand up , and they see the length of me and back away . |
| 16 | Past a house that was larger , set back from the road , beyond a lawn on which the rain made ponds , and he saw the flash of an old woman 's face at a window and then the falling of a lace curtain . |
| 17 | And he saw the work of an old favourite of his from the London days , J Maris , who had some beautiful things on show . |
| 18 | ‘ We are pretty certain Watson just mugged because they were there and he saw the chance of easy pickings without much danger of violence being offered back to him , ’ said a policeman . |
| 19 | Baden-Powell was particularly fond of this extravagant , but nevertheless deeply felt historical posture , and he saw the shadow of Rome hanging over the huge crowds attending the football stadiums which he likened to the ‘ unmanly ’ attitude of the young Romans who loafed around the circus entertainments — ‘ they paid men to play their games for them , so that they could look on without the fag of playing , just as we are doing in football now ’ — as he charged into battle against this betrayal of the British traditions of ‘ fair play ’ and sportsmanship : |
| 20 | From the darkness where the thicker growth of box began , a shadowy figure slipped out to join him , and he saw the oval of a girl 's face as a paler gleam above her dark coat . |