Example sentences of "[adv] see [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 2 | And when it daylight came the next day next morning you could hardly believe it you could hardly see Rousay for the foam that the gale kick up like a thick fog . |
| 3 | Except that she could still see Julius in every drawing . |
| 4 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |
| 5 | Viewers can also see Birds of a Feather , Last of the Summer Wine and Jasper Carrot . |
| 6 | noted in the 1890s that many sons would prefer to move rather than accept legal compulsion , and that their own old parents would often see relief as a right : ‘ the aged prefer a pittance from the parish ( regarded as their due ) to compulsory maintenance by children ; compulsion makes such aid very bitter . ’ |
| 7 | Like Tom , she could not really see Liza in the role of ministering angel , nor could she imagine her out in all weathers driving a tractor . |
| 8 | → We do n't really see Guitarist as a poster magazine , although we appreciate the fact that you approve so highly of James Cumpsty 's photos . |
| 9 | Old fair hands could doubtless see order in the chaos , the separate camps of the different families within the larger camp . |
| 10 | Unlike many other professions or hobbies , photographers do not have much access to courses where they can hone their skills , although you will occasionally see ads on the back of the Irish Times . |