Example sentences of "see [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All three were firing now , but the thick smoke was confusing them ; they could n't see properly through their masks . |
| 2 | I could n't see properly in that light , but by the way he kept his head turned away , I could tell he was blushing . |
| 3 | His eyes were still fixed on her , but she knew he could see little in the dark corner . |
| 4 | Yet for all his own pleasure at tracing this evidence , Dixon could see little in his report which might have accounted for the look of extraordinary triumph he had seen on Morse 's face when he reported in at 2.45 p.m . |
| 5 | As though he could see right into the deepest bits of her . |
| 6 | When he looked at her that way he had the most uncanny knack of making her believe he could see right into her soul , and it was a deeply uncomfortable sensation . |
| 7 | From the top you could see right over the seaside resort out into the countryside beyond . |
| 8 | From its leafy canopy he could see right over the gardens and the wilderness of the lower grounds to the rows of cobbled streets on the far side of the beck wall . |
| 9 | From here you can see right over the Solway Firth to the Scottish lowlands . |
| 10 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 11 | Above right : I can see right through you ! |
| 12 | UNSUITABLE FOR A FAMILY NEWSPAPER Veil of secrecy ‘ You could see right through his trousers , ’ said the British judge Vanessa Riley . |
| 13 | ‘ I can see right through her ! ’ he might have boasted , if you had suggested the possibility to him . |
| 14 | I knocked on it but it was so dilapidated that I could see right through the door frame and into a large room where a man was sitting in a kitchen chair , dressed in trousers and vest . |
| 15 | She can see right through me , he thought . |
| 16 | Now Montgomery would see right through her with those eyes . |
| 17 | ‘ You can see right through Doddie 's head now . |
| 18 | We could see right through your crafty but loose Propaganda . |
| 19 | Jessamyn could see right through the hole in the dead man . |
| 20 | ‘ I can see right through your little plot , madam ! |
| 21 | The fingers were long , unnaturally thin , the skin on them so clear it seemed he could see right through them to the bone itself . |
| 22 | I have no strong views on the trousseau , but I wish they 'd show that famous snap again , the one where she 's holding the kid in her arms and you can see right through her dress . |
| 23 | I can see right through you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , I 'd see right through it . ’ |
| 25 | But you can see right through the one , while the other … ’ |
| 26 | I can see right through you both . ’ |
| 27 | I can see right through the . |
| 28 | I can see right through that skirt , have you got a petticoat on ? |
| 29 | From here , on a clear day , you can see right across the Moyle channel to Scotland , less than 13 miles away . |
| 30 | Besides , from this path we could see right across the meadows to a clutch of villages nestling beneath the highest point on the Gower , the rounded silhouette of Rhosili Down ( 632ft ) . |