Example sentences of "see [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Unlike them , Mary Queen of Scots did not see complexities in the situation ; like her grandson Charles I after her , she assumed that the expression of the royal will from a distance was enough to make problems go away .
2 AS YOU CAN SEE CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE U.K. ARE CHOOSING FASTRAX FOR QUALITY CLUB VESTS .
3 If I am lucky , and the weather is compatible with fish-spotting , I should see signs of the carp when they push through weedbeds and hump through the surface , or mudclouds and bubbles when they root in the bottom .
4 Follow that long dual carriageway and you 'll see signs for the turnoff .
5 A utilitarian who holds this ‘ attitudinist ’ view will see utilitarianism as the expression of a fundamental attitude in favour of a certain way of reaching decisions .
6 Doyle could see bruises on the man 's neck .
7 Throughout Anne 's reign we can see splits amongst the Tories , for example , with regard to their attitude towards occasional conformity .
8 So you will see part of the moon Right .
9 At the end she could see part of the ward , a gleaming parquet floor and white-painted bedsteads .
10 We can see part of the answer by looking at how modern DNA molecules cooperate in the chemical factories that are living cells .
11 He could see part of the canal , part of a garden , barges loaded with potatoes , a rear view of houses being pulled down by workmen , and in the distance rows of trees and street lamps , a complicated little almshouse with its gardens , and finally a grand expanse of roofs .
12 And did you see vessels in the area , because you yourself would be too young were you not ?
13 The missing bridge is not a mystery in itself and one can see traces of the formation of the structure at the far end of Swithland cutting about ¾ mile north of the station .
14 Going from window to window , he could see traces of the woman Susan had told him about , but Luke Mallen was a ghost in the place — nothing of him to be found ; except , in all that stillness , a sense of violence .
15 The valley , homely and tree clad , is spread below you and as you drop down from the pass , just above Thwaite , you can see Muker down the dale looking like a toy village .
16 I can see , I can see Richard through the keyhole .
17 Names are named , and we could at last see blood on the shelves .
18 I would have liked to have done better in the League this season , but I can see light at the end of the tunnel now .
19 We could see snow on the moors .
20 You can come back and see Josh in the morning — but do n't think you can march in here and wheedle your way back into my heart in half an hour — not this time ! ’
21 If we were bound by the decision in Handscomb , I would see force in the argument that this principle should apply equally to mandatory life sentences .
22 Now she could see shapes beneath the water ; now there were three , no here came another one — four — silvery fish dancing in mid-air on her line .
23 And if you can see Jeff after the meeting I 'm sure he , he can take your names and coordinate that .
24 And then on Thursday Bill 's coming to play with you and you 're going to nursery and then on Friday you 'll see Lucy in the day time
25 She could see Dorcas in the back of the cab , explaining what various levers did .
26 ‘ Did you see Bina at the horse show ?
27 He could see Ruth at the door of his office , frowning , shaking her head , looking back over her shoulder .
28 He could see Vasco on the street , fourteen years old , face like a guitar .
29 But '76 did see Marley in the US album charts , a hitherto unimaginable feat .
30 Ace could see movements behind the windows of the shuttle .
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