Example sentences of "[prep] what [pers pn] [vb mod] see [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 2 | Stare at something immediately in front of you and make a mental note of what you can see above that object and below it , to the right and to the left . |
| 3 | Behind her I could see into what is rather optimistically known as the vestry — which is nothing more than a curtained-off area of the floor , rather like what you might see in a hospital casualty ward . |
| 4 | Legal and natural persons are denied access to most international fora ; exclusionary rules prevent them from being parties , interveners , or even witnesses in what they may see as their own claims . |
| 5 | In what you can see of the earth , |
| 6 | She had fur-backed gloves and high brown-polished boots , not shoes but boots , and from what she could see of them they looked serviceable , as if they really were worn for walking . |
| 7 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 8 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |
| 9 | It gets its name from what you can see in the far distance , provided the weather is right , which is the first peaks of the real Pyrenees . |
| 10 | Although it may have taken only an instant , the person to whom this sentence refers had to make the logical jump from what he could see of the possible escape routes open to him to the realization that flight was impossible . |
| 11 | Can I make a suggestion rather than re-numbering all those , its going to be quite a long job , is that from what I can see at the moment there is no reason why that ca n't be added on as a last sentence to nine anyway , cause nine says you records the outcome of the enquiry , . |
| 12 | From what I can see of it , it must be quite spectacular . ’ |
| 13 | From what I can see of it . |
| 14 | From what I could see of it , the notebook seemed well designed . |
| 15 | From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono . |
| 16 | From what I could see in the mirror he looked more interested in you than in the bureau . ’ |
| 17 | Joanne began to focus on what she could see as the positive aspects of the new approach , and while she did not specifically identify them as such , they were related to the process objectives within the scheme of work . |
| 18 | Any , hang on Anth oh the green one is for what I can see on the picture , I think the green one is Sleepy |
| 19 | I sneak a look at what I can see of the driver 's face , to check how he likes his boss 's sermon , but his face is wooden . |
| 20 | Then he cleans the bed of needles and berries , spreads an old blanket over it , stretches himself at length , his hands folded under his head , and looks through the branches at what he can see of the blue sky . |