Example sentences of "of [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an artificial lake , the tremendous retaining wall of which you can see up above you well before you arrive there , blocking off the valley . |
| 2 | At the end , through an open doorway , she glimpsed a bedroom , richly hung in peach-toned fabrics , expanded by yet more mirrors in one of which she could see the reflection of a large oil painting . |
| 3 | Repressing it , on the other hand , would mean existing in a drab , twilight world of pretended affections out of which I could see no escape . |
| 4 | He saluted the coach and we drove through the gates and up a hill past the enormous parade ground at the far end of which I could see the Monument aux-Morts , the memorial to every dead legionnaire . |
| 5 | The environment does not only consist of what we can see and touch , it encompasses sound too . |
| 6 | Quite frankly , she was terrified of what she might see . |
| 7 | The treatment techniques we describe are not a treatment programme as such : they are examples of what you might see the patient doing , with explanations of what the physiotherapist is trying to achieve , and how the patient should respond . |
| 8 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 9 | The photographs show you something of what you will see — underground roadways , coal-faces , haulage engines , and on the surface the blacksmiths ' shop , the baths , and exhibitions . |
| 10 | Stare at something immediately in front of you and make a mental note of what you can see above that object and below it , to the right and to the left . |
| 11 | Back at the boats , I reflect that if the Grand Canyon dam is ever built , most of what I can see will be a hundred feet under water . |
| 12 | He could not have borne a mirror in the room with him now , for fear of what he might see ; in his heart he knew that it would be unrecognisable , as he failed to recognise the turmoil of his own feelings as having anything to do with the self he had always known . |