Example sentences of "[adv] see [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore one can perhaps see the solution to which Tolkien , in his philological way , was drawn , namely to present the First Age as ‘ a complex of divergent texts interlinked by commentary ’ ( UT , p. 1 ) , the texts themselves being supposedly written by Men , of different periods , looking back across the ages to vast rumours of whose truth they knew only part . |
| 2 | There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea . |
| 3 | I have not seen the leaflet to which my hon. Friend refers , so I do not know the details . |
| 4 | Jessica had just seen the boys to bed when the call came . |
| 5 | She leaned on a staff as tall as herself , and could not see the visitors to her fur-lined chamber , but her nearsense informed her . |
| 6 | JTR ‘ did not see the glen to the greatest advantage ; the weather was too fine . ’ |
| 7 | The view mentioned by the hon. Gentleman has never been put to me and I did not see the article to which he referred . |
| 8 | Sir Gregory knew that was out of the question , but it was also essential that she should not see the entrance to the tunnel . |
| 9 | I would much rather see a return to the carefree approach by the like of Ballesteros and Lyle . |
| 10 | ‘ Madam , it grieves me deeply to see the straits to which your bereavement has brought you , ’ observed the chancellor after a formal obeisance . |
| 11 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 12 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 13 | The Midland , however , cannily saw the profit to be made from exploiting the potential mass market and led the way . |
| 14 | For at the same time they still see no alternative to Tayif , and still see Aoun as the one great impediment in its way . |
| 15 | I still have n't seen the priest to this day . |
| 16 | I suspect that , if he imagines a dark grizzly bear trying to stalk seals over the snow , the Bishop will immediately see the answer to his problem . |
| 17 | Well the thing being you see , I mean , there 's no illness in my family , I really do n't see the benefit to be honest with you . |
| 18 | I do n't know what 's wrong with him , why he does n't see the need to be supporting the freedom fighters . ’ |
| 19 | Fatal accidents involving children on farms always make distressing reading , but Mr Boswell ca n't see an end to those horrific accidents . |
| 20 | From the outset he was at odds with the Conservatives , nominally his own party , who increasingly saw the return to normalcy , along with the need to return to the governmental conventions of party politics of the pre-war era , as the top priority . |
| 21 | Today saw an end to that tradition with the last forty engineers graduating . |
| 22 | As for freephone lines for shops , he adds : ‘ We are actually seeing a return to the High Street at the moment . |
| 23 | I very much hope that we shall never see a return to those bad old days . |