Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [modal v] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But his girl friend will probably see to him all right . |
| 2 | Myra 's face was a study , and beneath her curls Claudia could almost see her brain making two and two equal a hundred . |
| 3 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 4 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 5 | Here ‘ relations between people ’ are not expressed as ‘ relations between things ’ , and the social economy is regulated not by the blind forces of the market and competition , but by a consciously followed plan … the end of a capitalist commodity society will also see the end of political economy . |
| 6 | Visitors to the sites of lake dwellings on Lake Ledro — to the west of the northern tip of Lake Garda — and Lake Varese can still see the remains of the wooden stake piles on which the lake villages were set . |
| 7 | Non-train ticket holders can still see the road traction engine display at Swanage at £1 for adults and just 50 pence for children . |
| 8 | But one sacrifice Antonia could never see herself making was to exchange her jeans and cowboy boots for the frumpy frocks and sensible shoes of a Tory wife . |
| 9 | A student attending a well directed breast clinic may personally see this number of patients in less than a month and be taught to make an accurate clinical assessment . |
| 10 | From the window of the dining-room Conradin could just see the door of the shed . |
| 11 | Beyond the twin pillars of fire eating their way towards him and throwing billowing curtains of smoke across the road Owen could fitfully see the gathered villagers clinging to each other in terror . |
| 12 | Through the oculus Lexandro could now see crenellated parapets overhanging space , stained-glass galleries , battle banners springing from the tips of spires stiffly in the void , and the bristling snouts of defence lasers . |
| 13 | The Herald announced that Farnham people might soon see women tackling fires alongside their male comrades in the National Fire Service . |
| 14 | Where that information relates to national security , all that the Government has to show is that publication might cause some injury to the national interest — a test which would ensure that the British equivalent of the Pentagon Papers would never see the light of day . |
| 15 | Instead , the UK accountancy bodies would rather see the Commission adopt the guidelines of the International Accounting Standards Committee ( IASC ) , which has been working progressively towards the international harmonisation of the rules by which companies report . |
| 16 | In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse . |
| 17 | ‘ My young brother Oliver will never see that money ! ’ he said . |
| 18 | But as the speculators wait for the President 's more substantive statement , they might reflect that the average middle class voter will probably see things rather differently . |
| 19 | In addition , because of the way it is developed , the Z-Score approach can often see through window dressing , which may defeat normal one at a time radio analysis focusing on conventional ratios . |
| 20 | Home Secretary Michael Howard will today see a demonstration of various new types of baton , one of them telescopic , extendable from seven to 21 inches . |