Example sentences of "but [noun prp] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought about celebrating it early but Kelly seemed to see Christmas Day as something to work towards . |
| 2 | But Marie had seen what was wrong : the string of the balloon was slowly slipping through the baby 's fingers . |
| 3 | But Militsa had seen the youngest brother and liked his looks . |
| 4 | But Hodkinson had seen more than enough . |
| 5 | But Lily had seen them already . |
| 6 | We 'll stay put in old West Ken , ’ but Oliver had seen it all , and I came to America the first time on May 25th . |
| 7 | But Widmark seemed to see this as a sign of weakness and continued to argue with Wayne in front of the cast and crew . |
| 8 | But Delaney had seen a glistening , moist thing wrapped around Lawton 's waist , like the coil of a snake . |
| 9 | But Harry had seen him . |
| 10 | But Sherborne has seen many changes over the years . |
| 11 | The Drovers ' Arms was a pleasant enough place to scrub out , but Nelly disliked seeing people drinking . |
| 12 | Oh , the patient looked a mess , but Kath had seen the enormous care that had gone into the alignment of each suture , the meticulous attention not only to the innumerable tiny little muscle fibres , nerves and blood vessels but to laughter lines and wrinkles to ensure that the tissues were realigned as closely as possible to their original position . |
| 13 | Elaborate preparations had been made for a meeting between the two kings at Gloucester : King Malcolm was there at the appointed time , but Rufus refused to see him , and the two parted , in the Chronicler 's words ‘ in great enmity ’ . |
| 14 | But Lesley has seen two of her friends killed . |
| 15 | But Jock has seen that other ‘ careers ’ are available to someone with a good command of himself . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know if you 've heard , ’ he went on , ‘ but James came to see me yesterday . ’ |
| 17 | Some of the older clubs were narrowly evangelical , but Russell wanted to see religion used ‘ to comprehend all the impalpable influences which give a club a grip on its boys and tend to awaken their higher nature or further their spiritual development ’ . |