Example sentences of "what [noun prp] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Maria had seen in the humpbacked and dreary little tailor she would never know . |
| 2 | What Aristotle had seen as the vice of the pharaohs , Cardinal Richelieu raised to a maxim of policy for Louis XIII , whom he advised ‘ all politicians agree that when the people are too comfortable , it is impossible to keep them within the bounds of their duty … |
| 3 | The dancers , from what Lucy had seen , were all pretty good in their way ; she 'd even begun to develop a liking for Maurice , who 'd winked at her in the corridor earlier . |
| 4 | She did n't know what Dmitri had seen in her . |
| 5 | Like the little half-eaten ostrich so expertly reconstructed by Gould back in England , much of what Darwin had seen on the voyage had to be reassessed and re-evaluated after the event . |
| 6 | What Hailey did see in the way of African unrest was a number of scattered local agitations arising from problems connected with land tenure , taxation , conditions of employment , and interference with native custom . |
| 7 | There was no mystery about what Maurice had seen in her . |
| 8 | If what Robert had seen , to date , of the school 's cricket was anything to go by , today was going to be an exhausting experience . |
| 9 | From what Seb had seen of her body — and he had seen a great deal — he suspected it was not far from the truth . |
| 10 | That had to be what Rose had seen . |
| 11 | No doubt about what Daniel had seen in this woman . |
| 12 | Something within her insisted she tell Cabochon what Leila had seen at Lazar Farm . |
| 13 | Well that 's what Chrissy did see . |
| 14 | From what Stephanie had seen of Bill lately , from what Frederica reported , his spirit was daunted , at least for a time . |
| 15 | Much more of what Augusta has seen so far , though , and the Australians will be laying down challenges again to the United States and Europe . |