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

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1 Stanley can see through Blanche 's lies and deception but what annoys him is the pretence that Blanche puts on pretending to be better than him and taunting him by calling him a ‘ Polak ’ .
2 The only page he could see of Morris 's manuscript started off :
3 She could see behind Rose 's phrase a fear that Steve might indeed know something about the bodies .
4 She could see in Mary 's eyes a gleam that meant she was calculating , not what she might owe to Alice , but what she was accumulating , of course at the moment only in imagination , for the purchase of their flat , or house .
5 He could see in Mariana 's eyes that her thoughts mirrored his own .
6 Someone laughs , but I can see from Peter 's face that he ai n't making a joke .
7 You could see from Pike 's face that this was exactly what he thought .
8 ‘ Why , that 's the windmill we can see from Angela 's farm ! ’ she murmured .
9 We can see from Labour 's amendment J that Councillor , as I said earlier , intends to go down the same old socialist way of providing the very type of housing that is currently failing tenants .
10 He looked even more puzzled but Pascoe could see from Alice 's face that she was beginning to get the picture .
11 Charlotte could see from Natasha 's expression that losing her temper had been counter-productive .
12 So , I do n't see from Pearson 's point of view that , that a government of any complexion will alter what we can and er , or ca n't do in relation to our current er , holdings .
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