Example sentences of "be seen [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though there was a sharp frost outside , couples could be seen stealing away from the dance and returning a half-hour or so later , always a little crestfallen until they had danced again , danced their way back into good cheer . |
| 2 | The girls were now too close to their exam , too anxious to do more than lift their faces to him , but out of the tiredness and filth of lime he could be seen looking often at their heads bent over the lamplit pages in what looked close to melancholy and sunken reflection . |
| 3 | Though officers of the Eladeldi can be seen patrolling everywhere , pleasure is the only master . |
| 4 | About now , the first Hooray of spring can be seen stepping gingerly out of The Admiral Codrington and standing with his G 'n' T in the middle of the road . |
| 5 | Girls could be seen riding slowly past with one hand on the handlebars , the other full of books which they were taking home after the morning 's lessons . |
| 6 | Because his rights as a tenant were protected and because in any case the university did n't wish to be seen turfing out an elderly man whose family had lived in the same cottage for five generations , we left him in peace and build around him , as it were , expecting him perhaps to move elsewhere or maybe to pass away . |
| 7 | ‘ Someone 's got to be seen eating here , ’ he hissed . |
| 8 | The women were to be seen hanging around in the yard talking quietly or trying to wash to get a few more rags to the pawnshop . |
| 9 | Later on in the day he will be seen hanging unfeasibly heavy weights from various parts of his anatomy , in a freak show where fainting is considered a standing ovation . |
| 10 | If a hawk flies over or a snake appears , he lets the young hop up under his wing and lifts them off the lily pads so that only their legs can be seen hanging down . |
| 11 | In fact he used to be seen lunching austerely in his favourite vegetarian restaurant on the corner of Leicester Square , where the permitted maximum of five shillings for the price of a meal could only be spent by earnest application . |
| 12 | From the early hours of the morning the unfortunate mali could be seen labouring away , pouring with sweat — despite the heat he still insisted in wearing his thick serge uniform — as he constructed a sort of miniature Mount Fuji in the corner of the front lawn . |
| 13 | As with all Cirrhilabrus species , scottorum is principally a zooplankton feeder in the wild , and may be seen rising up in aggregations , composed mainly of females and juveniles , from the bottom to a metre or more when actively feeding , but in aquarium conditions it will take a variety of foods and readily adapt to a regular feeding programme . |
| 14 | Sometimes the two of them could be seen muttering together in the playground . |
| 15 | Bishops in every diocese in France could be seen sorting out conflicts in ecclesiastical organization according to its principles ; parish priests and laymen were drawn into the processes , whether as parties to disputes or as witnesses . |
| 16 | She moved purposefully away to the group who lay in the darkness under the cypress trees , or sat on the walls and steps of the garden , and began to activate them so that a light dress , or white pair of jeans could be seen jigging about in the night that had suddenly fallen . |
| 17 | Occasionally a party of terns may be seen flying past through the ‘ sounds ’ between the islands in late April , but these are almost certainly birds heading farther north — perhaps to Iceland or Spitsbergen — and they do n't hang about . |
| 18 | It was the sun 's messenger and therefore acted as a herald of peace and prosperity , always to be seen flying overhead when a new Emperor ascended the throne . |
| 19 | Jupiter can be seen radiating mainly through narrow bands parallel to the equator , in particular through the band running just below the centre , where there are gaps in the upper cloud layers . |
| 20 | Then people could be seen moving forward in Fahan Street , their hands above their heads . |
| 21 | Civilians , accompanied by RUC officers , can be seen moving away from the area , having just been evacuated from their houses . |
| 22 | The height of the embankment can be judged by looking at the elevated section of the M6 which now runs beside the canal but which can be seen moving away to the northwest as a two tier motorway junction viaduct on spindly columns . |
| 23 | Once detached , they can be seen moving very slowly away . |
| 24 | I had another l pipe , piece of water pipe , which I used as a balancing device , but I found , with the watering pipe you are so stable you feel it 's a shame to be seen holding on . |
| 25 | When first purchased my specimen hardly ventured out of its hidey-hole , a flowerpot , but after a year it can be seen hopping out of its hideout at most times of the day — particularly at feeding times . |
| 26 | I do n't just want to open things and be seen trundling around . |
| 27 | Yet around the time that Servan-Schreiber was receiving his first royalty cheques , oriental faces could be seen popping up behind the walls at the Isle of Man TT races . |
| 28 | Unbecoming as it was to their cred , the embarrassed band loaded themselves and gear into the vehicle and tried very hard indeed not to be seen getting out of it at the other end . |
| 29 | The priest and all on the altar need to be seen singing otherwise it gives the impression that singing does not matter . |
| 30 | As the dust began to subside , shafts of late afternoon light could be seen raking down the village streets . |