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 . |