Example sentences of "[vb mod] see the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next few years should see the following developments in SCOTVEC 's provision : |
| 2 | You should see the ramshackle buses with boiling radiators that are tackling private road traffic . |
| 3 | It is against this background that we must see the recent withdrawals of a number of analgesics from the market in Britain . |
| 4 | When you think you 've got the answers phone the Chandler/Ibanez Competition Hotline on 0891 100733 and we 'll see the two winners in London in November . |
| 5 | Walk north to Tintern where you 'll see the impressive ruins of the Cistercian Abbey , built in 1131 and destroyed by Henry VIII in 1536 during the dissolution of the monasteries . |
| 6 | At the edge of his flashlight beam he could see the dampened flowers , flattened now by the steady fall of rain . |
| 7 | I could see the tiny figures of Harvey and myself moving on two of the screens as we walked across the floor . |
| 8 | Through her half-closed eyelids she could see the tiny droplets of water glistening on his skin . |
| 9 | From the meadow edge , he could see the rear windows of the cabin . |
| 10 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
| 11 | He could see the separate strands of spray thrown aside by the bows and make out the shadow of the helmsman in the wheelhouse . |
| 12 | Through the heavy fretwork of its top windows he could see the towering minarets of the Bab es Zuweyla , and from the box window of the storey below , where he was standing when Sesostris approached , he had a good view along the street in both directions . |
| 13 | Through the mist he could see the vague outlines of the priory church and followed its outline round to the ruined oak stump where Lady Eleanor had received her mysterious messages . |
| 14 | Even with the blinds down , she could see the dark shadows under her eyes . |
| 15 | As she leaned forward to twitch another grape from the bunch and almost toss it into her mouth he could see the faint freckles which smudged the dark forehead , the glisten of hairs above a carved upper lip . |
| 16 | Endill could see the faint marks of past sums on the ceiling too , and Mr Fractor 's gown was always covered in smudges from his chalky hands . |
| 17 | He could see the wide windows giving a view over the river as far as Tower Bridge , the huge bed , Amy 's curved body striped with bands of sunlight from the slatted wooden blinds . |
| 18 | He turned to rest his head on the high stone mantel above the fire and she could see the broad shoulders outlined by the fiery light in the grate . |
| 19 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |
| 20 | By kneeling on the pavement , we could see the two furnaces being stoked but this innocent pastime was cut short by the boilerman who swore at us ! |
| 21 | Peering farther , beyond the ramparts , he could see the two longhouses in the Circle where the ‘ Wares of Bragad were billeted , but they held no sign of life . |
| 22 | The car approached them and Kelly could see the two men talking animatedly . |
| 23 | Upstairs from our window we could see the two men at a soft drinks stall across the road . |
| 24 | When I travelled across to the other side of the island , I could see the other islands , and I said to myself , ‘ Perhaps I can get there with a boat . |
| 25 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 26 | In a moment , they were far enough out that they could see miles down the rocky shoreline … and they could see the other boaters scrambling up on to a piece of rock . |
| 27 | It needed bleaching again , you could see the black roots . |
| 28 | Occasionally she was able to force herself to go in a lift if it was one of those with a window at the front so that she could see the passing floors . |
| 29 | In his rear-view mirror he could see the glaring eyes and twisted blood smeared mouth of his assailant , and he could feel the pressure of the gun muzzle behind his right ear . |
| 30 | He pointed back to the office block , and Cardiff could see the indistinct blurs of the other faces in reception , looking out . |