Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] see [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Some referees appear to see only one half of a pair of techniques and , while reverse punches are seldom missed , snap punches to the face often are .
2 Anna 's blue eyes seemed to see too much , and Merrill had already had enough of that discomfiting shrewdness from Luke .
3 My eyes begin to see again .
4 The Icelanders had seen precious little sun that summer and peeling noses were instant and plentiful .
5 It may be because the juniors act independently with equal quantities of youthful enthusiasm and historical ignorance that they get themselves into situations that the dinosaurs have seen before .
6 When he remained silent but stared at her , visibly shaken , his dark green eyes seeming to see right through her , she began crying .
7 To qualify , an industry must in the previous three months have seen both value of production and number of its new employees fall by more than 5% from the previous year .
8 Although the past few months have seen quite a number of problems for European unity , one area that remains firmly fixed is the demolition of trade barriers in 1993 .
9 The past three months have seen almost daily developments , and a 15-minute speech and 15-minute reply can not do justice to the huge amount of information that must be shared and analysed .
10 I gathered that her parents had seen only that Laura was losing touch with reality .
11 The last few years have seen quite a shake up in the leasing market .
12 42 people took part last year , and the organisers hope to see more old friends at this year 's game .
13 As the weeks progressed , the only thing which troubled her was that her new friends had seen so much more of the world than she had .
14 The watermen have seen first-hand the decline of grasses : the disappearance of the shad and trout and the dwindling number of striped bass , blue crab and oyster .
15 These openings can be found by ramblers who prefer daylight to darkness and , like me , like to wander in search of them , but the black labyrinth to which they lead , the complex network below ground , is reserved exclusively for those experienced in subterranean travel , hardy adventurers who risk rockfalls and flooding to satisfy an insatiable curiosity to go where few men have been before , to see what few men have seen before .
16 Nor did it help Ford that many of his junior officers and a good third of his rankers had seen far more fighting then he had himself .
17 In the papers Ive seen today McAllister was MOM in one , Speed in the other .
18 ‘ Reporters and cameramen have seen inside .
19 ‘ Oh , these woods have seen far worse than Medoc and the Twelve Lords , ’ said Lugh airily , who happened to be listening to this .
20 However , many of the pianos to be found in our churches have seen much better days .
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