Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] see [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They should not see television as a panacea for all financial ills . ’ |
| 2 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
| 3 | Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me |
| 4 | She could n't see Miguelito from here , but she had seen enough . |
| 5 | He could n't see curvature in the third dimension . |
| 6 | Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye . |
| 7 | Old fair hands could doubtless see order in the chaos , the separate camps of the different families within the larger camp . |
| 8 | My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living . |
| 9 | Elizabeth , who met her fiance on holiday five years ago , was described last night as a kind person who ‘ would not see evil in anyone ’ . |
| 10 | And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye . |
| 11 | ‘ The golden rule of conduct , therefore , is mutual toleration seeing that we will never all think alike and that we shall always see Truth in fragment ( sic ) and from different angles of vision ’ . |
| 12 | noted in the 1890s that many sons would prefer to move rather than accept legal compulsion , and that their own old parents would often see relief as a right : ‘ the aged prefer a pittance from the parish ( regarded as their due ) to compulsory maintenance by children ; compulsion makes such aid very bitter . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , ’ she agreed blankly , avoiding his eyes , so that she would n't see distaste in them . |
| 14 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |
| 15 | Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development . |
| 16 | ‘ Charity , if you ca n't see destiny at work in all this , you 're blinder than your glasses , thick as they were , ever led me to believe . ’ |
| 17 | Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother . |
| 18 | Ted and I will never see eye to eye about his clients , whom he likes , respects and positively enjoys dragging over hills to bag stags , whereas I loathe these numbskulls who think killing is ‘ sport ’ . |
| 19 | This night prowler has a low density of cones in its retina and so can only see colour in objects which fill a large part of its field of view . |
| 20 | Perhaps they can not see potential at a ground shorn of its wooden stands and surrounded by deprivation . |
| 21 | We can now see persona as a socially negotiated , linguistically realised manifestation of " footing " , animated by the speaker and mediated by the speaker 's existing stereotypes ( at least partially shared by other participants in the interaction . ) |