Example sentences of "[adv] see [pron] " 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 | I can only see myself as a conversation piece , worth more as gossip than a fuck . |
| 3 | You can only see its results . |
| 4 | I can only see one one duck all the rest are drakes . |
| 5 | I can only see one , I ca n't see another . |
| 6 | Lined up along the south of the field , the crowd could only see her left side . |
| 7 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
| 8 | Because they can only see what 's straight ahead of them . |
| 9 | They can only see what 's under their noses . |
| 10 | Having come to the village with certain expectations they may only see what they expect to find and , since the local working population has long been used to avoiding overt conflict in the face of those who have the capacity to create trouble for them , the superficial calm of village life may remain . |
| 11 | The Purchaser can only see what the Vendor makes available : it may not disclose everything . |
| 12 | I know that no harm will come to me — and so would you if you could only see him . |
| 13 | I could only see him when they said I could , and they would be stood right next to me , watching me all the time . |
| 14 | " It 's odd how you always have to ask that question , that you 'll only see him through other men 's eyes . |
| 15 | I have to look after two dear little boys , but these days I can only see them growing up to behave so cruelly towards women . |
| 16 | Wankers like Tommy Docherty et al are crapping on that Man Utd are well clear now , who can stop them , and they can only see them losing half a dozen games . |
| 17 | But Watson does not only see himself as publicity agent for his cause . |
| 18 | Was this a habit he had grown into over the years or had he always been like this , turning his wife into an invalid before there was any real need , a man who could only see himself in a solicitous relationship with other people ? |
| 19 | Naturally , I went to see Buckingham Palace , not dreaming on that occasion that I would not only see it again but actually enter the premises . |
| 20 | Shakespeare makes the point about interpretation that modern research in theories of vision and the education of young children has confirmed — that we are all taught to see — by Iago 's prediction of the view that Othello , hidden in the normally superior position of the eavesdropper , will take of his imminent conversation with Cassio : After the scene has turned out exactly as predicted , Iago checks on his victim 's responses : The Signifier here , the handkerchief , has been made by Iago to yield a meaning which is totally false , but which he has put upon it with so much circumstantial detail — Shakespeare 's diligence in this point risks pushing his plot into the incredible — that Othello can only see it as a present that Cassio has received from Desdemona and has ‘ given … his whore ’ . |
| 21 | To grasp the meaning of a handshake we must not only see it positively as located in a greeting ceremonial , that is in a sequence of actions identified with respect to the social act they accomplish , but we must also see it negatively , as excluding certain alternatives and possibilities of action . |
| 22 | He could only see it himself by standing with his back to one mirror and looking in another . |
| 23 | So you can only see it on paper . |
| 24 | He would only see it as a weakness to be used against her , or worse , as an attempt to ingratiate herself . |
| 25 | We 'd only see it once a year if it stayed where it was . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
| 28 | I could only see his eyes shining in the light of the fire . |
| 29 | That was all , because , when he sat down , people could only see his coat and his shirt , which were not very old . |
| 30 | But as we were very small people in these days , he could only see his way to take Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |