Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] see [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At such a time , when attitudes were changing but no effective consensus had emerged , it was not surprising that Truman should see in Churchill 's forthcoming speech at Fulton ( Missouri ) an opportunity to discover how far a sea-change was taking place in American opinion . |
| 2 | He looked even more puzzled but Pascoe could see from Alice 's face that she was beginning to get the picture . |
| 3 | We were right ( and jubilantly so ) that revolution in the Philippines would see off dictator Ferdinand Marcos . |
| 4 | Stanley can see through Blanche 's lies and deception but what annoys him is the pretence that Blanche puts on pretending to be better than him and taunting him by calling him a ‘ Polak ’ . |
| 5 | Behind her on the altar was a reliquary in which Frederica could see through glass a bone or two — a shin , a forearm ? |
| 6 | Charlotte could see from Natasha 's expression that losing her temper had been counter-productive . |