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

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1 He looked anything but gratified , and she could only marvel at Araminta 's inability to see how unwelcome was the good fortune that had come to him .
2 He also agreed to go round to Maidstone 's apartment to see how he was .
3 Both committees were the result of Chris Patten 's desire to see more forward-thinking and more co-operation between departments .
4 His mind 's eye saw again , with the sharp clarity of a six-year-old , the battered galloping horses with flaring nostrils , the glittering brass posts , twisted like giant barley sugar sticks , the dizzy red and yellow swingboats and the snakes of black flex that coiled across the bruised grass of Thrush Green waiting to ensnare the feet of the bedazzled .
5 But her mind 's eye saw only one face , one man .
6 He then went back to Nigel 's room to see how the women were getting on — and met the first snag in the arrangements .
7 The top floor of the house with its two bathrooms , four lobbies and six rooms is the most difficult floor for today 's visitor to see clearly .
8 She hovered , peering over her mother 's shoulder to see how she was getting on .
9 However , he had been rearrested on April 12 , immediately after his arrival in Donetsk to attend a rally of striking miners [ for miners ' strike see above ; pp. 38129-30 ] , and had been re-released only on May 12 .
10 Our relationship with the man himself also got closer ; he would even wander into the objectors ' office to see how we were doing .
11 But the fact that they see the same pl face See not everybody wants to talk to a policeman to report crime do they ?
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