Example sentences of "see a [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walkers will see a variety of flora and fauna including deer , kestrels and woodpeckers . |
| 2 | Around the park you will see a variety of animals which will have particular appeal to children . |
| 3 | Walking along the riverbank or lakeside , I could see a variety of waterfowl , such as moorhens , seagulls and ducks ; up in the trees were virtually the entire crow family — jays , rooks and jackdaws — as well as blackbirds , thrushes , finches , all the everyday birds . |
| 4 | In the deck well I could see a couple of girls and two men in bathing suits . |
| 5 | because , you know , you will see a couple of doctors wandering around and sitting at the desk |
| 6 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 7 | Which I suspect the odd tory MP having a heart attack , falling under a bus , the loss of directions might actually mean that they might see a degree of sense in borough capping . |
| 8 | I can see a bit of success in the air against them . |
| 9 | At the end of the case people would see a bit of film of the child sitting on the drawing-room sofa between his parents who never took their eyes from him during the interview . |
| 10 | I can see a bit of blue up there . |
| 11 | We 've seen that with the City technology colleges , which are nobody talks about , surprisingly enough , when we 've discovered that actually industry is n't remotely interested in them , and of course in the first year of an opted out school one might see a bit of palm crossing with silver . |
| 12 | ‘ I can see a bit of light around the horizon , ’ said Gurder . |
| 13 | I can see a bit of snow there |
| 14 | She could see a flicker of fire , Wynne-Jones 's fire . |
| 15 | If you watch the start or the first few miles , you 'll see a mass of humanity moving along at a snail 's pace . |
| 16 | If he is of a poetic turn of mind , will he even see a kind of justice in the eventual return to silicon-based life , with DNA no more than an interlude , albeit one that lasted longer than three aeons ? |
| 17 | In future , that will mean that the old high rates will no longer be levied on the unsuspecting population , and we will see a continuation of support by central Government of local government . |
| 18 | On the work surface she could see a bowl of salad , the wine bottle and a row of cutlery . |
| 19 | I suppose now Rocastle will see a run of games in the 1st team . |
| 20 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 21 | And if you go to places like erm Guisborough , erm er and South Middlesbrough there you will see a range of housing types available for range of groups in the community . |
| 22 | The bed beside her was empty , but there were men in the yard : she could see a glimmer of light between the shutters and hear a flotsam of voices now and then , when the wind died . |
| 23 | City analysts said that the full year should see a profit of £19.5m , to give 43.5p of earnings and a 14 per cent discount to the market . |
| 24 | Next time you see that familiar mushroom cloud rearing up ( hopefully on your T.V. screen , not across the road ) , look at the base or stalk of the mushroom , and you 'll almost certainly see a ring of cloud rolling away horizontally from it . |
| 25 | Immediately above us , though , we can see a sprinkle of stars coming out shyly to pepper the desert skies . |
| 26 | No , I do n't get bored at all with it , er because snooker is not er like American pool , where you go out there with a stick and just knock balls all over the table ; snooker is snooker , and the name of snooker is to play this , you know , this game of chess on the green baize , and er that 's what , you see this is where Davis has been so good for so long , a ) he 's a supreme professional , he once apologised for only practising for two hours on Christmas Day rather than four , er and if you look at Davis ' score sheets and his matches , which I 've done over the years , you 'll see a lot of breaks of around sort of fifty five , sixty , sixty five , and then he stops , he plays the safety shot and says to his opponent ‘ okay , your turn ’ , plays the percentage game , the occasional knock in the very big ones , but that 's why he 's won so much , because he thinks it out so well , and knows the averages , knows the percentages and plays the game that way . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It 's something that everybody should be aware of all the time , and I do see a lot of guitarists who really let themselves down by just falling back and letting the obvious happen . |
| 29 | You can see furniture , you can see old houses , Arthur Neagus going round all these old houses , you can see a lot of things now , that the normal public never would see in the , the ordinary man in the street probably never saw them at one time , but I think this must of made a difference to people . |
| 30 | They could see a lot of lorries , and a lot of men were working there , building the new town . |