Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked anything but gratified , and she could only marvel at Araminta 's inability to see how unwelcome was the good fortune that had come to him . |
| 2 | He also agreed to go round to Maidstone 's apartment to see how he was . |
| 3 | Both committees were the result of Chris Patten 's desire to see more forward-thinking and more co-operation between departments . |
| 4 | His mind 's eye saw again , with the sharp clarity of a six-year-old , the battered galloping horses with flaring nostrils , the glittering brass posts , twisted like giant barley sugar sticks , the dizzy red and yellow swingboats and the snakes of black flex that coiled across the bruised grass of Thrush Green waiting to ensnare the feet of the bedazzled . |
| 5 | But her mind 's eye saw only one face , one man . |
| 6 | He then went back to Nigel 's room to see how the women were getting on — and met the first snag in the arrangements . |
| 7 | The top floor of the house with its two bathrooms , four lobbies and six rooms is the most difficult floor for today 's visitor to see clearly . |
| 8 | She hovered , peering over her mother 's shoulder to see how she was getting on . |