Example sentences of "see it was [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 James Riley , 14 , said : ‘ Then one of us said ‘ No , it 's a baby ’ and as we got nearer we could see it was a little boy .
2 As you can see it was a three way tie between ‘ Judas ’ Jordan , Pisshead , and he of the stylish shirtcollar .
3 I went to inspect and could see it was a half-plucked pheasant .
4 Until recently what was on the child 's school record and whether parent or child could see it was a vexed question .
5 My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy .
6 She could see it was the wrong thing to say and his black brows rose coldly .
7 She turned and saw it was a young man quite obviously afflicted by Down 's syndrome who had called her .
8 It got closer and I saw it was a dark-coloured BMW .
9 Looking up he saw it was a different man from the one who had chosen not to see .
10 At first I thought it was a handkerchief , but when I stooped to pick it up I saw it was a cream-coloured glove ; and of all gloves , an elbow-length woman 's glove .
11 As they stood shining their torches down on the twisted bits of metal , they saw it was the mangled remains of a Uzi .
12 The one I saw it was the same plain .
13 My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good !
14 They had er his name was Jimmy they had er well one used t one old gentleman used to be a yes and his name was Jimmy , the waiter , that 's right I , I get a , I have to think because I , I sometimes get mixed up and I 'm at Cambridge and you see it was a long time ago , you see , so , since I was young and I was then .
15 And I mean , we were told it was a first class area but there 's , if anybody walked into the building just now you would nah see it was a first class area to look at the state the building 's in !
16 We were roach fishing , larking about perhaps more than anything else , and could catch nothing ; you see it was a scorching day and the water bright and clear as crystal .
17 I managed to pull off my mask and see it was a white car . ’
18 No was white you see it was an Irish word I think , and it was known as the .
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