Example sentences of "[vb mod] see [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Shah had made a showplace of his country with his colossal purchasing of weapons , and look what it had all come to : ‘ If you drive from Shiraz to Isfahan even today you 'll see hundreds of helicopters parked off to the right of the highway . |
| 2 | Given the triumph of fundamentalist Islam in Iran and the strength of similar forces in Afghanistan , many who saw no justification for Soviet intervention in law in 1979 could see one on grounds of ‘ national security ’ : much as such justifications were offered for the flagrantly illegal annexations of western Poland , the Baltic republics , Bessarabia , northern Bukovina and parts of Finnish territory in 1939–40 . |
| 3 | I think my eyes bulged and my buttocks clenched in reflex , but there was a fair amount of surprise there as I could see both of Sally 's hands on the handles of the wheelchair . |
| 4 | So we shall see hundreds of gangs of idle men , smoking and drinking , and half-building roads that no one needs anyway . ’ |
| 5 | Playing the fringes of the metropolis , Lily had used to hope that one day , looking up on the prompt side , she would see one of George Edwardes 's scouts . |
| 6 | The radical feminist analysis described at the beginning of this chapter would see these as aspects of men 's patriarchal control over women ; the Marxist feminists would see them as a result of capitalism ; others would see them as the outcome of both systems , and indeed of racist systems too . |
| 7 | If you go to the parks in Peking early in the morning , you will see hundreds of people gently exercising for health and longer life . |
| 8 | There you will see thousands of cars speeding by , each with the driver alone , his head thrown back as he yells the words aloud , her fist slapping the wheel in time to the beat , thousands of silent screams haring up the M1 to get to that meeting on schedule . |
| 9 | When you find a colony you will see thousands of ants , some carrying eggs or grubs . |
| 10 | There are several pretty and interesting villages to explore including Outwood , where you can see one of England 's few remaining watermills . |
| 11 | ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’ |
| 12 | One can see this at work in the now widely-used system of allowing each student to provide total nursing care for the patients in her care for a period of time . |
| 13 | We can see this by reference to the Manpower Group . |