Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the courtyard between the Reptile House and the Aquarium , you will see groups of Mediterranean species of tortoise . |
| 2 | He would see loads of young people who are trying to learn how to make sense of life , trying to sort out what is right and what is wrong , trying to understand who they are and how to get on with people around them . |
| 3 | They show that we can see patterns of similar markings . |
| 4 | If the Government was seriously concerned with the burning of carbon fuels , we would see investment in alternative methods of energy production and transport . |
| 5 | The use of the Soviet army for this purpose ( for example in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan ) gave rise to much dissatisfaction among the troops themselves , who did not see action against Soviet citizens as part of their role . |
| 6 | They sleep during the day , and you will sometimes see flocks of little birds mobbing a sleeping owl in broad daylight . |
| 7 | Go into any TV studio any time of day and you will see mountains of tabloid newspapers being molested by researchers and producers desperate for an idea . |
| 8 | But although he could see areas of hewn stonework that seemed to close him in , and although he could certainly see barred windows through which light streamed , there were no gaolers , and there were no other prisoners . |
| 9 | I can see applications for square-section PVC piping , for instance . |
| 10 | The road was now backing west towards the sea , and towards the place where I fancied we might see evidence of major geophysics at work . |
| 11 | At other windows she could see tables with folded paper napkins and nickel plated cruets . |
| 12 | Look at any newspaper or magazine , and you 'll see advertisements for personal computers . |
| 13 | ‘ They sometimes set them on fire , and you can see hillsides of charred stumps in some places . ’ |
| 14 | Adventurers who suffer these effects will feel a sensation of almost unbearable weakness and will see visions of exhausted people — dressed as adventurers like themselves — crawling to the doors of the Castle , but lacking the strength to escape . |
| 15 | Looking out over the crowd , I could see members of rival gangs . |
| 16 | The path goes through fields and as it continues over rough ground you can see remnants of old riverbeds — the Allt Choire Ardair has changed its course several times over the years . |
| 17 | In the uncertain light Rincewind thought he could see rows of enormous teeth , white as bleached beechwood . |
| 18 | Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus . |
| 19 | There are just the odd hints here and there that John and Ann did not always see eye-to-eye on religious matters . |
| 20 | He could see masses of blurred colour , not much more . |
| 21 | Joseph could see tufts of grizzled hair protruding from beneath the sweat-soaked turban wrapped around the head of his aged coolie and he did n't have the heart to order him to gallop . |
| 22 | If you go to Wembley on Saturday morning you will see women with wide Jari bordered saris with gold embroidery , with necklaces and bangles — all gold — and of course they do n't wear a coat because the full splendour of their clothes must be revealed — on their feet a pair of decorative Chappals — however cold it might be . |
| 23 | If you looked at the Trees ' upper halves ; at the streaming leaf-hair and the mischievous faces of the Silver Birches and the wise , implacable solemnity of the Oaks and the cool , wanton beauty of the Beeches , you could very nearly see similarities to Human features and Human characteristics . |