Example sentences of "[adv] see [pos pn] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 2 | The man had stopped pacing now ; he was talking , at first quietly , so that she could only see his lips moving through a screen of ferns , then he began arguing , gesticulating , running through the phrases again and again like an actor in rehearsal , pleading with someone who was n't there . |
| 3 | You will not necessarily see your physiotherapist doing exactly the treatment techniques described below : she may use some of these techniques plus others she has devised herself , or she may use a completely different method . |
| 4 | He began to shake , not because he was physically afraid of Nicholson , though the man was twice his size , but because he could suddenly see his world falling apart around him . |
| 5 | They are unfortunately exceeded in number by the famous names of the past who clung to what they knew best without being prepared to adapt or change , and slowly but inexorably saw their business disappearing beneath them . |
| 6 | In the darkness , Cardiff could not see her lips moving , and almost shouted back at her : It 's your brother ! |
| 7 | To the world , of course , I was busy , self-assured Mrs Sutherland ; the world did not see my breakwaters sinking lower every day . |
| 8 | I could still see her eyes twinkling , hear her voice and her laughter like a gold thread sparkling through a tapestry of words . |
| 9 | I mean I can still see my hand moving |
| 10 | She could still hear the chord he had sounded ; still see his fingers spreading to form the shape . |
| 11 | These were home to founders of the Pilgrim Father Movement , which many years later saw its followers making their epic voyage to America aboard the Mayflower . |
| 12 | She was next aware of dimly seeing her father lying face down on the path , his hands bent up behind him and Richard with one knee on his back . |
| 13 | I have to say that my approach to teaching mathematics has changed beyond all my expectations and I now see my pupils enquiring and searching for answers themselves . |
| 14 | The Cambridge Accountability Project , after two years of investigations in six schools , reported that teachers rarely saw their accountability extending beyond their colleagues and clients ( children and parents ) to governors and local government officials . |
| 15 | This may well understate the extent of contact by the working class who may well see their relatives living nearby several times in one week . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't see your dad reaching us in this weather , even riding a horse . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't see your dad letting you . |
| 18 | ‘ The only realistic alternative is to let the boy die , and I ca n't see our Harry wearing that . ’ |
| 19 | Myra 's face was a study , and beneath her curls Claudia could almost see her brain making two and two equal a hundred . |
| 20 | She could almost see his brain working . |
| 21 | Artemis then saw her father standing by his favourite window , in the company of a tall dark-haired woman , whom Artemis found to be staring back at her . |
| 22 | We 'd gone miles , then saw your tracks going in the opposite direction , so we doubled back . ’ |
| 23 | Actually I 've been I was sitting in the lounge today right and you know the situation there see his car going round the corner and stop and got out the car beaming at me , I said cor give him my old ! |
| 24 | Pressed by the nuns to complete a kettleholder in cross-stitch as a present for her father , she had replied that she had never seen her father holding a kettle and that Daddy had gone away . |
| 25 | The fact that I had never seen my aunt looking so elegant added to my impression that I was imagining this . |