Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although some US rugby enthusiasts were able to tap into these satellite transmissions to view the matches live , the majority have not seen the heroics of the best players in their sport . |
| 2 | In Varley v Whipp [ 1900 ] 1 QB 513 , the facts concerned the sale of a second-hand reaping machine which the buyer had not seen and the court interpreted the concept of sales by description to cover all sales of specific goods where the buyer was relying on the description . |
| 3 | The building had certainly seen better days . |
| 4 | The driver had not seen anyone on the platform and neither had the booking office clerk . |
| 5 | ‘ neglect to stop ’ caters for cases where the driver does not see the constable 's signal . |
| 6 | The driver did n't see the seats until he was about 200 yards away . |
| 7 | ‘ The Duchess had obviously seen the show before , ’ a member of the audience recalls , ‘ because every time a good line was begun by one of the actors she would finish it off quite loudly . |
| 8 | It will also be only the second significant merger the industry has yet seen . |
| 9 | He felt the government owed him that much at least — and as the DIA had not seen fit to close the account , perhaps Control thought so , too . |
| 10 | The figure looked back saw Martin and began to move more quickly between the graves and mausoleums . |
| 11 | The Department had long seen the field as part of Ninian for taxation purposes until this break-through . |
| 12 | Mr McCulloh says the shakeout has already seen prices rise from a low of 40 cents a pound for live beef to nearly 90 cents this spring . |
| 13 | This would wreck the sense of the entire poem : Wordsworth tried to make it clear that ‘ the gleam ’ refers to an illusion which the poet has now seen to be wrong . |
| 14 | And to lead the horse we need to go somewhere ; perhaps around the house , across the lawn , over the concrete path , under the clothesline with flapping socks , past the dogs , and in to an environment of strange things the horse has not seen before . |
| 15 | The Princess , dressed simply in a white blouse and dark skirt , was draped with crimson flower garlands as she flew over Mount Everest in a helicopter , 40 years after a British-sponsored expedition became the first to reach the summit of the world 's highest mountain.As she flew past the snowy peak a relative of a Nepalese climber who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary up Everest in 1953 was leading a seven-member Australian team up the mountain.Although the Princess did not see any climbers she told fellow passengers aboard her Super Puma helicopter that she had a wonderful time seeing the mountain through clear skies . |
| 16 | The driver and the fireman did not see her . |
| 17 | Because the parent does n't see it the same way . |
| 18 | The young man and the girl did not see him coming and he caught them both around their legs and knocked them onto the floor . |
| 19 | Body positioning : Many areas in cleaning are missed because the cleaner did not see the dirt . |
| 20 | He walked down the hill in Haworth with a bag of his best paintings on his back , and everyone in the village came out to see him go . |
| 21 | Especially as the childminder had n't seen what had happened , so she did n't realize why he was carrying on like he was , made the whole thing a little bit tricky , can I give you this ? |
| 22 | Third , the author has generally seen little or nothing of the actual restoration work , yet , once it is finished , presumes to assess it with unshakeable authority . |
| 23 | Clearly , goods are sold by description where the purchaser has not seen the goods but is relying on the description alone . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
| 25 | Th told you them two in the top started new but the war broke out see and er then they this up . |
| 26 | But once more ironically , it is what the Eye does not see that matters . |
| 27 | What the eye does n't see … |
| 28 | This protects the public gaze from the true story and means that for a decade the authorities have been able to work on the assumption that what the eye does n't see the heart wo n't grieve over . |
| 29 | ‘ What the eye does n't see , ’ he said breathlessly . |
| 30 | And anyway , " she winked , " what the eye does n't see , the heart does n't grieve over . |