Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] see the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She told you Alex was the father , and suddenly you saw the awful vision of history repeating itself . |
| 2 | " From the quarter-deck to the space below you see the utmost extremity of human misery ; such crowding , such filth , such stench . |
| 3 | Perhaps you saw the two TV programmes on American fundamentalism recently which put the ghastly and unacceptable face of that form of fundamentalism before us . |
| 4 | Alone she saw the last of the adult Callanish eagles fall ; alone she watched . |
| 5 | So you see the commercial aspects were still in there in those days as they are today . |
| 6 | So we see the two TV images , Sally 's sharp and contrasty , Harry 's dull and grey , and the backs of their heads as they converse , with their heads virtually touching except that they are divided by the split and , of course , by the distance between their apartments . |
| 7 | And you 've got ta get them like this so he sees the next one coming so he does n't think ooh , he 's seen this , he 's thinking of this one and not this one . |
| 8 | From the earth bank outside she looked north ; soon she saw the bulkily-furred figures of Morthen and three of the hunters ; they followed the edge of the wood , round to the south , and were soon lost to sight . |
| 9 | In a further speech in August 1987 he complained that there had been a tendency both in the USSR and outside it to see the socialist construction of the 1930s as no more than a series of mistakes . |
| 10 | I had a good laugh about it and eventually she saw the funny side . |
| 11 | The more I looked at different societies , the more I saw the little traps lurking in the small print … |
| 12 | Always you see the written list after the tenth word and then go through the list again with your PP ( never repeating the individual word of course , but knowing the subject you will now find the words easier to recognize ) . |
| 13 | When ever you see the Multibuy symbol it means the more you buy the more you save . |
| 14 | Once more she saw the attractive man she had noticed in the High Street , and her colour rose as she recalled how she had hoped to meet him some day . |
| 15 | The more people see them the more they see the human frailties . |
| 16 | Twenty-five minutes later they saw the high blue-concreted wall on the right , the barrier that had kept the secrets of the Red Army from the citizens of Dresden . |
| 17 | A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls . |
| 18 | He said later he saw the 109s and took off for home . |
| 19 | This time it proved to be the tunnel 's end , and as he drew nearer he saw the shadowy outline of a ladder etched against the concrete . |
| 20 | Now I saw the full implications of the concessions I had made , and how compromised I had become . |
| 21 | There is deep regret and lamentation on Sir Bedivere 's behalf for the loss of Arthur and his now useless life as shown in ‘ where shall I hide my forehead and my eyes ? /For now I see the true old times are dead , ’ There is a real passion for Bedivere as shown in theses words . |
| 22 | Now I see the same depredations taking place everywhere . |
| 23 | If she looked left she saw the wider road to Lulling , with a few comfortable houses standing well back in leafy gardens . |
| 24 | Because you often you see the English word , you 've no idea where it comes about it 's just an odd word when it 's been |
| 25 | Now she saw the true worth of all his protestations . |
| 26 | Dimly she saw the Great Tower peak in a cone of white flame ; Adam seemed not to move , but Fand and Liban fell , and Fincara staggered before the sheeting fire . |
| 27 | They were simply buying time , came out with a white paper that meant absolutely nothing and now we see the full effects of it . |
| 28 | Thus the doctor will be persuaded to err on the side of caution and to disregard the expressed view of his patient ; that is , just as earlier we noted the possibility of the patient 's view being overridden by an excess of zeal , now we see the same result produced by an excess of caution . |
| 29 | All too often they see the European enterprise as one huge thicket of hostility and conspiracy . |
| 30 | Now he saw the missing details in his nightmare . |