Example sentences of "[vb mod] see [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , combined with an impeccable knowledge of his business from the bottom up he worked as a lift fitter 's mate for a year and the quality of the Pickerings product are the reasons that the company should see off the imminent dip in profits . |
| 2 | Er the er the breeders ' evening now what happened on this breeders ' evening is that the they run the raffle then give us our expenses out of it so that eleven pound eighty is the is the part of the raffle proceeds which we need to , to e to er for our expenses , you 'll see on the other side erm that we spent that eleven eighty , six eighty for er refreshments and five pound for the rent . |
| 3 | No when you get to , when you get to the magazine , I 'll see on the front cover . |
| 4 | Now you 'll see in the final paragraph , er no in the second paragraph of that letter that er we 're still looking for a er an amicable solution to erm to this whole thing . |
| 5 | Our spiritual eyes need to be opened , that we may see into the spiritual order , and become aware of the constant activities of God . |
| 6 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 7 | We may see in the modern confusion surrounding the Portland Vase a tendency , particularly marked in later works of the Claudian period ( AD 41–54 ) , to liken idealised figures to portraits . |
| 8 | Making concessions to Lenin 's Indian and ‘ Asia-First ’ opponent , M N Roy , the Commission had , throughout the theses , replaced ‘ bourgeois-democratic ’ by ‘ revolutionary ’ and the result was , as one may see in the sixth thesis , that the revolutionary-liberation movement in backward countries or among backward nationalities was invited to determine what forms this alliance should take . |
| 9 | Masklin waded through the puddles on the concrete so that he could see down the far side of the aircraft . |
| 10 | An elderly woman had appeared out of the kitchen which Edwards could see through the half-opened door at the end of the small hallway . |
| 11 | Then it rumbled along a bridge , so Dot could see into the friendly clutter of people 's back yards , down into bomb-sites to view the mystery of chaos . |
| 12 | He could see into the empty exercise yard . |
| 13 | And when the platform emptied , he could see at the very end of it , a forlorn figure sitting all by herself . |
| 14 | The ships they could see on the right side of the aircraft were returning from a rehearsal for the service of remembrance that was held on the ocean every year . |
| 15 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 16 | Philip Heslop QC , counsel for club chairman Alan Sugar , said January , 1994 , was the earliest date he could see for the full hearing of the dispute between Mr Sugar and Spurs ' chief executive Terry Venables . |
| 17 | Although it may have taken only an instant , the person to whom this sentence refers had to make the logical jump from what he could see of the possible escape routes open to him to the realization that flight was impossible . |
| 18 | It perhaps reveals Gedge 's ever-growing confidence that he could see beyond the macho nonsense and enjoy himself . |
| 19 | When Harry asked if ‘ Mrs Molly Diamond ’ was at home , the youth slouched back along the passage , shouted ‘ Ma ’ once at the top of his voice , then carried on without change of pace towards a dismantled motorcycle Harry could see beyond the back door . |
| 20 | Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants . |
| 21 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |
| 22 | Martha could see from the humourless stretch of her grandmother 's mouth that she judged Mrs Joyce and her offspring an unwelcome addition to the neighbourhood . |
| 23 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 24 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 25 | His jacket fell open , revealing the strong contours of his chest under the thin white cotton of his shirt , and Fran found her eyes drawn to the faint shadow of body hair she could see beneath the thin fabric . |
| 26 | He was wearing some kind of rock ‘ n ’ roll suit , the sort of thing that Jerry Lee Lewis might have worn — or more likely the duds you 'd see on a young country buck in one of those dreadful fifties US musicals like Carousel or County Fair . |
| 27 | As we shall see in a subsequent chapter there is good evidence for this optimism . |
| 28 | As we shall see in a later section a woman aged 65 can expect to live for almost another 20 years . |
| 29 | As we shall see in a later section , these views are consistent with the current thinking of several British theorists on soccer spectator violence . |
| 30 | As we shall see in a later chapter , the issues raised by Papez have yet to be resolved . |