Example sentences of "[adv] see [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present arrangements , under which a defending barrister will often not see his client until the morning of the trial , is unsatisfactory in the extreme . |
| 2 | His friends could not see his face in the dark . |
| 3 | He would not see his bride before the wedding night so all sorts of pictures could float in the mind . |
| 4 | He could still see her painting in the garden . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I can still see my mother at the urn . ’ |
| 6 | An exhibtion of his work is on at the Midlands Arts Gallery and you can also see his work at the Malvern Festival at the end of May . |
| 7 | I nearly fell over him and he turned round , but I did n't really see his face in the dark , or if I did , I blocked it out I was so scared . |
| 8 | Children learn it by rote to pass examinations , and they do n't see its relevance to the world around them . |
| 9 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 10 | We ca n't see our way to the end of the first foot . ’ |
| 11 | I could n't see his expression in the dimness , only that he was still looking at Russell . |
| 12 | For although the chairman of the University Grants Committee , Edward Parkes , may have received his well-earned knighthood at the end of the year — in a batch meanly thin , as usual , on honours for the scientific community — many of the nation 's academics will never see their profession in the same rosy light . |