Example sentences of "[adj] to see [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stairs were cold and draughty and the light was n't good , but she 'd placed herself so that the agency 's receptionist would be able to see her through the glass-panelled door if she should happen to glance up . |
| 2 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 3 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 4 | I have never been able to see it with the naked eye ( as some observers claim to have done ) , but it is not hard to find with × 7 , and it is easy with × 8.5 . |
| 5 | It is more difficult to know whether an animal goes through the experience of at one moment not being able to see a food item , but then being able to see it at the next . |
| 6 | I think Anna was pleased to see me despite the knowing looks from the other two , and none of them seemed to have heard about Salome , so I stayed tight-lipped . |
| 7 | It was difficult to see her through the dazzling spurts of fire ; she seemed to be less and less there . |
| 8 | So we have four , five six , seven , eight , nine we have n't even got enough to see us through the next twelve months . |
| 9 | When she spent all night every night watching her clientele , her boys , it was for this ; she was waiting for her chosen ones , the last of her protegés , her perfect couple , her two to see her through the dark times . |