Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [adv] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs. Pridmore could n't see the sense of more examinations and all this talking about a career . |
| 2 | Scott could n't see the name painted along one side of it but he 'd already been told it was called The Abbott . |
| 3 | Then he would realize he was smiling again for Sir William 's benefit , and swing round in his chair so that Morris could n't see the smile . |
| 4 | People in Burma would then see the protection afforded by continuing membership in the Commonwealth . |
| 5 | At that distance Adam could n't see the scar that ran down Kaas ' cheek . |
| 6 | Visibility was so poor that Defries could hardly see the runway in front of her . |
| 7 | Vincent would soon see the struggle to turn himself into what he called a Peasant painter as his prime aim . |
| 8 | Tragically , fans in the UK will not see the bone structures that make up Ministry 's US stage set . |
| 9 | In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse . |
| 10 | Blunt could n't see the reason for that . |
| 11 | When Cassie could not see the ring , she felt a moment of panic . |
| 12 | Nathan could still see the preacher standing , shocked and speechless , on his box . |
| 13 | She prayed that Steve would n't see the truth — that she still loved that man , passionately , even though he had deceived her so , and that her heart was breaking inside her . |
| 14 | ‘ So , ’ I said-regretfully , ‘ Filmer might indeed see the train as a target . ’ |
| 15 | Blake could n't see the face . |
| 16 | In the darkness , Ybreska could not see the sneer which curled his companion 's lips as he answered . |
| 17 | Nicholson 's own idea was , in fact , to write the first existentialist cowboy story , which was something of a departure from the current genre ; he was surely right in his assumption that Corman might not see the potential , if such existed . |
| 18 | Within a day or two it appeared that a complete South African team would be fielded and Treviso might just see the start of rugby 's World War III . |
| 19 | June will also see the release of California-based ImMIX 's first and only product , VideoCube — ImMix was set up in 1991 . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | Alice can already see the link between the internationalism of popular music and political concerns — Live Aid , Band Aid , the Nelson Mandela Concert — superseding that of earlier internationalism based on revolutionary social class or a proselytizing religion . |