Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see [Wh det] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 2 | I still could n't see what the problem was but the whole hallway area had gone suspiciously quiet . |
| 3 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
| 4 | And if Em wants more money and will do all your washing and clearing as well , then I ca n't see what the fuss is about . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't see what the fuss is about . |
| 6 | I ca n't see what the point is that was more than forty-five years ago |
| 7 | They will then see what the man or woman has got left in disposable income each week ; if it 's two pounds , then it 'll be ten units x two pounds , if it 's two hundred pounds , then it 'll be ten units x two hundred pounds to hit the better off in the same proportion as the people at the bottom of the income level . |
| 8 | The Purchaser can only see what the Vendor makes available : it may not disclose everything . |
| 9 | The context of this calm acquiescence is a rise in what I will call semi-literacy , which relies on the visual image and hardly at all on the printed word except as a medium of advertising , and genuinely can not see what the problem is . |
| 10 | The instructor can not see what the pupil does and the pupil can not see what the instructor wants . |
| 11 | The instructor can not see what the pupil does and the pupil can not see what the instructor wants . |
| 12 | Erm , but but , you can easily see what the rule is , ca n't you , I mean , it 's enough , it 's enough to be able to recognise that there is a pattern to that usage . |
| 13 | This time I studied it in good sunlight , because some of the colours are so dim or so dark that one can hardly see what the pattern is all about . |
| 14 | Make sure that , sure they 're good quality photographs , normally black and white , sharp , appropriate and so forth , and make sure that you 've got sufficient details associated with it , often a good way of doing it is by having a , something typed on a slip of paper which is just very slightly stuck to the , to the back so the editor can actually see what the thing is and can take it off if he needs to when the picture is actually being reproduced . |