Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all was well , as everyone could see when big , proud , handsome and scatty-but-obedient Moby launched himself out of the car ( on command , of course ! ) for the video cover photo call . |
| 2 | The amount of new housing in Northern Ireland , as everyone can see , has changed the housing situation from one of the worst in Europe to one of the best in Europe . |
| 3 | The guns were all along the river bank as far as I could see . |
| 4 | ‘ Only that the place was never kept decently as far as I could see , not the way a gentleman 's house should be . |
| 5 | The Canadian has an operating crew of five ( excluding the dozen or so service staff ) and no one is entirely clear what they all do : fill out forms mostly , so far as I could see . |
| 6 | Nor was there any instance , as far as I could see , of the faithful lover dying before his long wait was rewarded ; or thought of how the heroine might have felt in such a case , with brothers and sisters flown the nest , father and mother dead , hero dead , the house empty , and the mind , so long attuned and subjected to the needs of other minds , no longer able to recognize and adapt to its own needs . |
| 7 | As far as I could see , a holy well pointed out to me by my 1973 taxi driver had also been concreted . |
| 8 | There was still a Mediterranean atmosphere , as I could see as I walked beneath the Spanish arch along the cobbled quayside towards the harbour . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , I live very well , ’ he said , as I could see , for at that moment a well-dressed young woman came in and bought the carving of Maeve for twenty-five pounds . |
| 10 | Olomouc is full of churches , huge and chillingly ornate , freezing inside and as far as I could see deserted during the week . |
| 11 | I was , however , able to reassure her on this point , as I could see no prospects of my ever getting close enough to any American for him to even ask my name , never mind ask me to marry him — and in the 1940 's you did have to wait to be asked . |
| 12 | Well , I was n't married or likely to be , as far as I could see . |
| 13 | Sheridan , as far as I could see , was absent . |
| 14 | I was concerned , but as I could see no sign of disease I decided not to interfere . |
| 15 | It looked , as far as I could see , like a bristleworm , until I caught a glimpse of its head , which seemed to have antennae of some kind . |
| 16 | In the centre of the tiny harbour lay a sleek white pleasure yacht with , as I could see , one or two white officers in peaked caps and white shorts and shirts standing on the decks . |
| 17 | Sitting alone in that darkened little room , I could sense the shadow of death lying over the hospital as tangibly as I could see the shadows of night in the corners of the room and outside the window . |
| 18 | As far as I could see , there were some eight or nine cottages strung out on a narrow road which circled the bay . |
| 19 | Nor , as far as I could see , did the road continue beyond the end of the village . |
| 20 | At present , courses are run in bricklaying , painting and decorating , welding , and sheet metal fabrication , and as far as I could see the standard of work was generally very high indeed . |
| 21 | Some built sturdily of wood and iron , others no more than skins of plastic sheeting over frames of branches , they straggled north over the dunes as far as I could see . |
| 22 | As far as I could see , the blow fell on his cheek . |
| 23 | By Brig Scott 's account , " as far as I could see , during the next twenty four hours , all the arrangements in connection with the surrender and evacuation were carried out by the Yugoslavs speedily and efficiently " . |
| 24 | I was ashamed of him , especially as I could see Estella laughing at me over Miss Havisham 's shoulder . |
| 25 | ‘ In pretty good condition , as far as I could see . |
| 26 | What I had to look forward to at best , so far as I could see , was marriage with a worthy young man such as Paolo , with whom I already felt myself to be in love , then children and a life of boring respectability in the Pianura Padana . |
| 27 | For as far as I could see , the surface was bare , grey dirt — rocky , bumpy , ridged , pitted . |
| 28 | ’ As far as I could see , his ship was closed up tight . ’ |
| 29 | As far as I could see , every one of those off-worlders was an owner ( or the employee of one ) , there to claim or deposit some personal valuables . |
| 30 | Part of it as far as I could see was in India that i India India 's actually got it 's quite a success story for development in a lot of ways . |