Example sentences of "[adv] see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 2 | You can only see its results . |
| 3 | Lined up along the south of the field , the crowd could only see her left side . |
| 4 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
| 5 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 6 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
| 7 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 8 | That was all , because , when he sat down , people could only see his coat and his shirt , which were not very old . |
| 9 | But as we were very small people in these days , he could only see his way to take Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 10 | The man had stopped pacing now ; he was talking , at first quietly , so that she could only see his lips moving through a screen of ferns , then he began arguing , gesticulating , running through the phrases again and again like an actor in rehearsal , pleading with someone who was n't there . |
| 11 | You can only see your one match , only your two players . |
| 12 | In the operating room you can only see my eyes . |
| 13 | ‘ Ca n't say much about 'is looks , 'e 'ad a scarf wrapped around 'is neck an' face ; you could only see 'is hooter an' mince pies . |
| 14 | You will not necessarily see your physiotherapist doing exactly the treatment techniques described below : she may use some of these techniques plus others she has devised herself , or she may use a completely different method . |
| 15 | He finished the glass of Kir and decided that he had better see his controller in person . |
| 16 | He began to shake , not because he was physically afraid of Nicholson , though the man was twice his size , but because he could suddenly see his world falling apart around him . |
| 17 | PATIENTS so short-sighted they could scarcely see their car from 25 yards can now see well enough without glasses or contact lenses to read its number plate . |
| 18 | For some years her vision had only enabled her to find her way about her house : she could not read and could scarcely see her television . |
| 19 | Johnson reports this and other gory tales , tongue-in-cheek so firmly you can scarcely see his jaw bulge . |
| 20 | And here 's me with one eye and here 's I could fucking see our William , here 's me round the back then me I 'm away in here to waken up , fuck ten past seven |
| 21 | He could not see her hair , which was wound tightly into a turban of peacock-feathered painted silk , low on her brow . |
| 22 | Dorothy did not see her brother again for nine years , and never once returned to the family home in Cockermouth before the death of her father in 1783 . |
| 23 | Susan did not answer at once ; in fact , she was silent for such a long time that Breeze , who could not see her face , wondered if she had fallen asleep . |
| 24 | PRINCESS DIANA has been told she can not see her sons until next Tuesday . |
| 25 | He could not see her face , since it was turned from him , but there was something about her that made his heart stand still . |
| 26 | He does not see her face : it seems that she is not the Juanita he has kept in his mind : yet he is haunted by an inexplicable likeness and is perturbed by the young American 's cool reception of his warning . |
| 27 | The veil came from her head to her feet ; she could see out through it , but we could not see her face . |
| 28 | Gabriel could not see her face . |
| 29 | In the darkness , Cardiff could not see her lips moving , and almost shouted back at her : It 's your brother ! |
| 30 | She knew enough , now , to be aware that , although Johnny could see her friends , could talk to them and touch them , he could not see her world . |