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 . |