Example sentences of "see [noun] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should distinguish between Ben Jonson 's desire to confirm his authority over his Workes — collecting and seeing texts through the press , attempting to control what was ascribed to him and how these texts were to be viewed , even trying to restrict his readership — and circumstances where such authorial interventions are absent . |
| 2 | He went into the downstairs room where he had seen Marcus through the window . |
| 3 | I can see , I can see Richard through the keyhole . |
| 4 | His cloak hung down like a curtain , and I could see streetlamps through the bullet holes in it . |
| 5 | As Gandhi says : ‘ I am endeavouring to see God through the service of humanity , for I know that God is neither in heaven nor down below , but in every one . ’ |
| 6 | One of the absolutely necessary qualities of any writer of fiction is the possession of what is called empathy , the ability to see life through the eyes of people very different from oneself . |
| 7 | As the bus pulled away , he saw Vasco through the window . |
| 8 | ‘ I saw Melody through the window . |
| 9 | You will probably have to see events through the eyes of one or more detectives , of a scene-of-the-crime officer , of various laboratory experts and of the man who sits in his office at headquarters and directs the operation . |
| 10 | A soft drink made from the Elderflower is selling well , but the blossoming season is short , and the makers need as much as they can get to see production through the rest of the year . |
| 11 | I see it fantastically in the pages of books I read and in a true sense I see life through the leaves of the willow tree . |