Example sentences of "[adv] see [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 2 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
| 3 | Her friends on the bridge saw the boat , but they did not see Anne under the tree . |
| 4 | They will probably not see things in the same way as you do . |
| 5 | Eisenhower , who was not unsympathetic to the plight of the blacks , did not see legislation as the real answer to the problem : " I do not believe you can change the hearts of men with laws and decisions . " |
| 6 | Many Christians do not see Jesus as a sacrifice in the same way . |
| 7 | Unlike them , Mary Queen of Scots did not see complexities in the situation ; like her grandson Charles I after her , she assumed that the expression of the royal will from a distance was enough to make problems go away . |
| 8 | Since women do not see housework as a coherent , meaningful structure of tasks demanding their full attention , they are not made dissatisfied by its fragmented nature . |
| 9 | The conservative aspect of the new bourgeoisie is that it establishes a more durable form of capitalism , but as Becker does not see socialism as the only way of ushering in progress , this does not present a problem for him in his depiction of the new corporate bourgeoisie as promoters of development . |
| 10 | But even now , having gone through that process , they would not see men as the enemy , they feel that they do have a lot in common , for example , with maybe the conception of women organising in National Liberation struggles that was mentioned earlier . |
| 11 | Perhaps they can not see potential at a ground shorn of its wooden stands and surrounded by deprivation . |
| 12 | What this means , of course , is that functionalists do not see consciousness as a defining feature of the mental . |
| 13 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 14 | ‘ They should not see television as a panacea for all financial ills . ’ |
| 15 | He does not see computers as a mere aid to teaching , but as an integral part of providing a child with Piagetian materials to learn with . |
| 16 | ( Caterham , in common with other British sports car manufacturers , does not see marketing as a high priority . |
| 17 | ‘ They accept what has happened ; but they do not see anger as the fuel for vengeance . |
| 18 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 19 | Except that she could still see Julius in every drawing . |
| 20 | You can still see vestiges in the upper terraces of the early Baroque garden . |
| 21 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |
| 22 | But next season will also see changes in the Scottish set-up , for this time the master himself will be watching from the sidelines unable to give the team any direction . |
| 23 | Viewers can also see Birds of a Feather , Last of the Summer Wine and Jasper Carrot . |
| 24 | I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly . |
| 25 | We can now see persona as a socially negotiated , linguistically realised manifestation of " footing " , animated by the speaker and mediated by the speaker 's existing stereotypes ( at least partially shared by other participants in the interaction . ) |
| 26 | noted in the 1890s that many sons would prefer to move rather than accept legal compulsion , and that their own old parents would often see relief as a right : ‘ the aged prefer a pittance from the parish ( regarded as their due ) to compulsory maintenance by children ; compulsion makes such aid very bitter . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Can you really see leaves on the trees ? ’ a nine-year-old girl who was severely short-sighted asked . |
| 28 | Like Tom , she could not really see Liza in the role of ministering angel , nor could she imagine her out in all weathers driving a tractor . |
| 29 | → We do n't really see Guitarist as a poster magazine , although we appreciate the fact that you approve so highly of James Cumpsty 's photos . |
| 30 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |