Example sentences of "[adv] see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 2 | If a pond and beacon were both on the line , you would only see the reflection of the beacon in the pond if you were on the line too . |
| 3 | In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse . |
| 4 | It 's so cack When you 're doing the running , you 're running from behind , you can only see the behind of Taz you see the behind of Taz |
| 5 | ‘ And I should have realised that you 'd be the one who could only see the thing from one angle , ’ he retorted harshly . |
| 6 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 7 | The picture itself was so dark he could only see the image of Emily in the glass , naked and moving wildly , her buttocks pumping urgently against him . |
| 8 | You ca n't see the warmth that causes that to happen , you can only see the result of it . |
| 9 | In other words you ca n't see the power , you can only see the result of the power . |
| 10 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |
| 11 | In Williams ' chapter ( 3.1 ) , we may perhaps see a justification of equality of condition or outcome on the basis of equality of opportunity . |
| 12 | In the creation of some , and the perpetuation of most , of these mevleviyets where the reason for raising the status of the kadilik is not immediately apparent one can perhaps see the operation of a factor which greatly influenced the elaboration of the learned hierarchy , namely the sheer numbers of those seeking posts . |
| 13 | This conclusion underlines yet again that there are wicked people , whereas a more structural analysis of this would perhaps see the behaviour as a logical extension of the search for profits . |
| 14 | Indeed , there wo n't be much alteration from the side which triumphed so convincingly in Lithuania and Latvia although we could perhaps see the return of Nottingham Forest winger Kingsley Black at some stage . |
| 15 | Furthermore one can perhaps see the solution to which Tolkien , in his philological way , was drawn , namely to present the First Age as ‘ a complex of divergent texts interlinked by commentary ’ ( UT , p. 1 ) , the texts themselves being supposedly written by Men , of different periods , looking back across the ages to vast rumours of whose truth they knew only part . |
| 16 | But the Baptism of Jesus did not merely see the end of the long silence , and God 's declaration that in Jesus the role of the Servant and the Son had converged : the age-long drought of the Holy Spirit was ended too . |
| 17 | The one in particular I 'm referring to you will see we 'd all see the Son of Man , they they 'd recognised that reference to himself Son of Man , they 'd recognised that because that comes out of the Old Testament Book of Daniel does n't it , the Son of Man seated on the right hand of the Almighty coming with the clouds of heaven . |
| 18 | She could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt . |
| 19 | You can easily see the effect by placing a telephone book under each of the rear legs of a ordinary kitchen chair . |
| 20 | Using a hand-lens , you can easily see the difference between the wild-type , with its black compound eyes , and the pearl eye beetles with their white eyes ringed with black . |
| 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 . |
| 22 | You can already see the backlash against all this ‘ right-onness ’ . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll spell it out soon , but we can already see an inkling of the answer . |
| 24 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 25 | Staff in Phase 1 will shortly see the installation of new lighting and a revised furniture layout on Level 3 , necessary to comply with the new EC regulations on VDU use . |
| 26 | A further example of the parallelism of greater precision may be found here , though commentators do not generally see the connection of thought between the two lines . |
| 27 | You 'd sooner see a vegetarian at an abattoir . |
| 28 | The receptionist would say : ‘ What 's wrong with you ? ’ and I 'd say : ‘ Well , actually it 's a bit personal and I 'd sooner see the doctor about it , ’ and they 'd say : ‘ Oh , we ca n't let you see the doctor until you tell us what 's wrong with you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If shoppers had their wish , the region could soon see a revolution with empty shops but booming business . ’ |
| 30 | And if you practise at least some of the exercises described in this book every day , you will soon see a change in your hips and thighs . |