Example sentences of "[modal v] see [indef pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
| 2 | Maybe so , but IBM has n't exactly been quiet on the soap box either — look around and you 'll see plenty of advertising from them — which is where the ‘ better DOS than DOS and a better … ’ quote came from . |
| 3 | Indeed , those Berliners to whom he spoke could see nothing but futility in an Anglo-German conflict over Poland . |
| 4 | Defries could see nothing but darkness through the opening . |
| 5 | The interest which the remains of the Anglo-Saxon past arouse in a modern scholar is an interest in strange and beautiful survivals , in which Lanfranc could see nothing but corruption and lack of learning . |
| 6 | They could see nothing in front of them . |
| 7 | The next six months will see plenty of activity , with the main fundraising event being a raffle . |
| 8 | If you visit any horse show you will see plenty of freeze branded winners . |
| 9 | I can see nothing in principle to prevent a contemnor applying to the first instance court to be released from custody on the ground that the failure to serve him with the committal order has kept him in ignorance of the contempts for which he has been imprisoned and that , in the circumstances , justice requires his release . |
| 10 | I can see nothing in section 61 to suggest that these trust provisions apply only if the trust existed at the time the deposit was made . |
| 11 | Because they can see nothing in front of them but cooking and scrubbing and mending … and endless babies . |
| 12 | Mother generally visits them in March before the season hots up so she can see something of Charity and spoil her grandchildren unmercifully . ’ |
| 13 | At least that 's the way it is with me , if I can see something in operation I can understand it far more quickly than when someone tries to describe it ’ |
| 14 | When these far from straightforward issues have eventually been resolved , the draft will be subject to public comments ( six months ) , then committee revision ( say nine months ) — and , finally , it will take about a year before specifiers can see anything in print . |
| 15 | Looking up and downstream I can see lots of discharge points which would rapidly raise the level of the river in wet weather . |
| 16 | With this type , the remainder of the model is usually predominantly black , which means that if you can see lots of colour it must be coming towards you ! |