Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Barry , I ca n't see a goshdarn thing . ’ |
| 32 | I ca n't see the education committee with their lack of money paying for transport for children from here |
| 33 | I ca n't see the education committee , with their lack of money , paying for transport for children out here to go to hospital to do a garden |
| 34 | Gossips down in Houston insist that Compaq Computer Corp will announce its withdrawal from the Advanced Computing Environment initiative within a couple of weeks because its business is making very high volume personal computers , and it ca n't see the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC-based machines ever reaching those kinds of volumes ; no-one was available to comment at Compaq but its strategy has been shifting over the past year — the investment in Silicon Graphics Inc has been sold , and founder and president Rod Canion was ousted from the company after differences over strategy . |
| 35 | We will have to , by law , respond to them , but you ca n't see the Children Act outside of the context of what we 're already doing with our other Children 's Services , as you know from previous discussions we 've had and from keeping track in the papers , over the last eighteen months we 've been recruiting more foster carers , reducing the number of children 's homes , developing preventative services rather than receiving children into care . |
| 36 | Now we 've got Sir Frederick erm I ca n't see the Sir Frederick Lawton retired senior judge on the phone . |
| 37 | Like you said you ca n't see the body language and fobbed off . |
| 38 | It 's a pity we ca n't see the street names , though I do n't suppose it would do us a lot of good if we could — well , not without a street map . ’ |
| 39 | BRITISH motorists must be grateful this festive time to three ladies who will not see a Christmas day lunch . |
| 40 | The men of the Somerset Levels paid a tithe called ‘ moor-penny ’ ; their cattle suffered from a disease called ‘ moor-evil ’ ; and in every pond and damp corner you will still see the jerking movements of the moorhen . |
| 41 | He 's also figuring DEC has an unannounced ‘ modular computing ’ initiative that will ultimately see the Laser top out at 12 CPUs or more . |
| 42 | You may however see a chest drain on a general surgical ward . |
| 43 | And it 's clear , we 're seeing already , that Health Authorities have n't got the money to refer patients to the Trusts unless the Government steps in and says , that 's not Government policy , so you wo n't see the problems Councillor because they wo n't get referred to you , will they ? |
| 44 | Of course , your neighbours wo n't see the Woodworker Fellowship logo so you will need to acquire an additional cloth badge to show off your membership . |
| 45 | Another rebel said : ‘ He has tunnel vision and can only see the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 46 | Unsurprisingly , viewers in the Serb-held cities in Bosnia are no longer able to receive Sarajevo TV , but can only see the Belgrade version of reality . |
| 47 | ‘ And if you can not see a Merkut hand behind what has happened , so are you . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ Unless it was for reasons other than cricket , one can not see an England team without his presence , ’ he said . |
| 49 | It does n't mean pretending you can not see the peeling wallpaper and moth-eaten curtains , and going wild with a credit card . |
| 50 | However , insects can not see the warning spots , and to them the spider 's disguise is deadly perfect . |
| 51 | In general terms , if you can not see the water surface you should trim and fly the aeroplane at the speed and configuration which gives the best combination of high nose attitude , low airspeed and minimum rate of descent . |
| 52 | Zenith can not see the source code because the copy is compiled ( in object code ) , but by using the program extensively , Zenith gets a good insight into the workings and structure of Acme 's program and , based on this insight , Zenith writes its program ( obviously without using a source code listing of Acme 's program ) . |
| 53 | But I can just see the Sun headline , a fitting follow up to ‘ Paddy Pants-down ’ , to wit : ‘ Is Neil A Nancy Boyo ? ’ |
| 54 | If you look closely at L'Escargot by Matisse in the Tate Gallery you can just see the pencil marks round the collage pieces . |
| 55 | Non-train ticket holders can still see the road traction engine display at Swanage at £1 for adults and just 50 pence for children . |
| 56 | Inside , one can still see the Map Room , where Churchill used to study the progress of the war , the Cabinet Room where many of the Second World War 's most important decisions were made , and Churchill 's personal accommodation from which he made several of his wartime broadcasts . |
| 57 | ( I can still see the Lorimer drive blasting into the back of the net with Bremner barely off-side and no-where near interfering with play . ) |
| 58 | You can even see a Michelangelo sculpture . |
| 59 | If I take the Metro you can almost see the petrol gauge dying in front of you . ’ |
| 60 | Throughout this gargantuan meal the talk was almost entirely concentrated on food , on remembering other great meals , or discussing the quality of the ham and the other salumi : ‘ It must n't just be pink ; it must n't be too fat , and it should be cut so thin that you can almost see the church tower through it . ’ |