Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had felt sad watching as Tallis had slipped behind her , a figure on the shore , watching with concern but without understanding , since she had failed to place her Moondream mask across her face , and thus could not see the woman in the land . |
| 2 | Visibility was so poor that Defries could hardly see the runway in front of her . |
| 3 | In most of the examples discussed in this chapter , the finished product is a smooth curve which resembles what we might have drawn if we had smoothed the raw data by eye ; looking from the smooth back to the rough we could usually see the trend in the raw data . |
| 4 | He got his head so low you could practically see the cleft in his buttocks . |
| 5 | Fielding suggested calling it Good Money in the States and Bad Money in Europe , but I could n't see the percentage in that . |
| 6 | It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ . |
| 7 | But I really could n't see the sense in women wearing Armani by day and then letting someone else dress them by night . ’ |
| 8 | I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either . |
| 9 | Could n't see the point in it . |
| 10 | ‘ By the end of the fortnight you could certainly see the difference in the children and the orphanage ’ she said . |
| 11 | not only as to its erm very elaborate tracery patterns and and mythical beasts on it like that , around here , but also as to its colour cos although the original we found was actually blackened , when one took when I took a very powerful torch to it , you could actually see the colour in the crevices still , this red colour . |
| 12 | But , in contrast , they may partly see the ad in this way a number of times during quite a short period . |
| 13 | Ruth turned away and groped for her sunglasses and clamped them over her face so he would n't see the hurt in her eyes . |
| 14 | so erm I do n't er I would n't see the point in being too confrontational over an issue like that . |
| 15 | Kate turned away so that he would n't see the pain in her face . |
| 16 | I ca n't see the attraction in separating ourselves , anyway . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't see the sense in leaving all the work to you , when I have so much time on my hands . ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't see the joy in competing in a league of 7000 . |
| 19 | I ca n't see the point in getting people interested in something , and then you are unable to get hold of them ( I 'm sure there 's a joke in there somewhere . ) |
| 20 | November often brings the odd day of mist and when the conditions are foggy , I often ca n't see the point in a tough hill walk when the expansive views of other months are nowhere to be seen . |
| 21 | I ca n't see the point in going for a walk unless a chop lies at the end of it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't see the point in her books at all . |
| 23 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 24 | ‘ I can not see the logic in leaving him behind . ’ |
| 25 | I simply can not see the point in having things I do n't need . |
| 26 | Well , I mean I take the view that if we are going to erm have something on the agenda , I can telephone his secretary , I can write to him , anytime , which I 'm quite willing to do , I can not see the point in sending things through the post at twenty five P a time when we shall never see the man , and if he comes here |
| 27 | Whilst I can readily see the subversion in a band like the Sex Pistols ( whom Ambrose signed to EMI Publishing ) , what about Sigue Sigue Sputnik ? |