Example sentences of "he would see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd see the claw , though : she lifted her arm in a circle , and the great claw rotated above her head in an unmistakable signal . |
| 2 | If George Orwell were to return to Sheffield today he 'd see the metamorphosis from spacious if spartan semi-detached suburbias to dense tower blocks . |
| 3 | IF WILLIAM CAXTON , the father of British printing , were to come back to life after 500 years in the grave , he would see a lot of changes . |
| 4 | Clever western diplomacy could try to make him appear less heroic , by keeping the linkage vague , but then — unless he has belatedly realised the hopelessness of his position — he would see no benefit in it . |
| 5 | ‘ He would see no reason why we should not make our contribution to the royal coronation . ’ |
| 6 | In 1705 he wrote that he doubted whether he would see the winter through and early in the next year he died , leaving a last , unfinished letter to his young friend . |
| 7 | She asked him whether he would see the film and ‘ issue a statement about it both to encourage anxious parents and to ensure that the Church was seen to be caring about the matter ’ . |
| 8 | Then he would see the glitter transform itself into a body of fully armed horsemen thundering down to cut his army in half , just ahead of the three driving wedges . |
| 9 | If there was to be a severe winter , George hoped that he would see the warning signs early enough to anticipate it . |
| 10 | She had thought that , difficult as her father was , he would see the reasonableness of her ambitions and send her to London with some sort of blessing . |
| 11 | He would see the landscape in all its moods throughout the year , walking on the fells and round the lakes , walking between Ambleside and Keswick to his exhibition rooms there . |
| 12 | When he turned round , he would see the shower of blessing , receive the quickening power . |
| 13 | On one occasion he is alleged to have told a bald papal legate who had just excommunicated him for refusing to abandon his mistress that he would see the legate 's hair in curlers before he gave her up . |
| 14 | The doctors did n't think he would see the summer , let alone celebrate his 60th birthday at the end of August . |
| 15 | He already knew most of the city 's different districts and its short cuts , its sudden changes of place and people ; it was just that now he would see the shop windows shining at night instead of by day , see them gliding past from a car or taxi window as he was driven home for the night . |
| 16 | Fran 's pulse leapt and she stepped back at once , afraid that he would see the reaction his words evoked . |
| 17 | His life would be a charade , for every time he took her in his arms he would see the face of the girl now smiling at him in a way which lit fires in his heart . |