Example sentences of "[vb mod] be seen [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men could be seen grouping together , bugles and horns were sounded . |
| 2 | Black figures could be seen milling round the ditch at the far end of it . |
| 3 | Evidence of this could be seen week after week from 1989 onwards . |
| 4 | There was a crash and a scream and bizarrely against the unrelentingly cheerful music two figures could be seen fighting . |
| 5 | The fruit of the little enlivening the quaint old northern town has got through the Exhibition may be seen by-and-bye . |
| 6 | In fact i has to be less than 90° for the simple reason that the supergiant does not eclipse the X-ray emission from Cygnus X-1 at any part of the orbit ; if τ were 90° the orbits would be seen edge-on and eclipsing would be unavoidable . |
| 7 | They will be seen partaking of hospitality at college wine-and-cheese parties , at welcoming sherry receptions , at meetings of convocation and examination boards , at end-of-term wind-up parties and graduation celebrations . |
| 8 | Herons can be seen fishing in the tumbling stream . |
| 9 | In many cases , a shrine is erected over the anthill and women can be seen lighting candles and praying to the Deity within . |
| 10 | Behind can be seen bee hives . |