Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb mod] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | This night prowler has a low density of cones in its retina and so can only see colour in objects which fill a large part of its field of view . |
| 2 | Richard faced the non-existent audience and so could n't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds . |
| 3 | She had felt sad watching as Tallis had slipped behind her , a figure on the shore , watching with concern but without understanding , since she had failed to place her Moondream mask across her face , and thus could not see the woman in the land . |
| 4 | The context of this calm acquiescence is a rise in what I will call semi-literacy , which relies on the visual image and hardly at all on the printed word except as a medium of advertising , and genuinely can not see what the problem is . |
| 5 | She lifted it aside — it felt like a heavy curtain — and still could not see anything . |
| 6 | But I ca I ca n't unless you cover all summer and yet ca n't see the the ri bike riding down the road , driving a |
| 7 | Or worst of all be like Caroline , running along pathetically after modern art and modern ideas and never catching up with them because she 's someone quite different at heart and yet can never see it . |
| 8 | She strained , but still could n't see what happened , and could n't feel where the needle had gone in . |
| 9 | He blinked , trying to accustom his eyes to the change , but still could n't see much . |
| 10 | Down at Lucifer 's feet , in front of the stage , a girl with long , black hair stood on tip-toe but still could not see over the heads of the crowd . |
| 11 | You feel you have tried all ways , listened to advice , thought about your life but still can not see your way clear . |
| 12 | Swore like a trooper under his breath as the bus swayed through the leafy lanes , saying he could no longer make out the landmarks , that he knew such and such a tree or house was in such and such a place , he 'd passed it so often in the bus , but now could barely see it . |