Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] see [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But the second my eyes cleared floor level I saw that the relics had gone !
2 When she held it up to the light she saw that a small circle of skin was inflamed .
3 As she drew near the fence she saw that the poor struggling captive was little more than a baby in size , although it was covered with its first soft coat of wool .
4 In the following extract we see that an equally offensive act is one in which a soft teacher tries to assert authority , but when challenged gives in .
5 Setting a — mb = r we see that a = mb + r where
6 In the last chapter we saw that the crisis of capitalism resulted from the crisis of humanism — the inability to resolve the basic tension between freedom and control .
7 Of such an institution we see but the rudiments or isolated survivals in English law .
8 From this figure we see that the optimal solution of AP is not a tour so that AP is not TSP .
9 There was a final , violent crash of thunder , and in the bright light they saw that the tree had been torn in half by the lightning .
10 When I got out into the corridor I saw that a piece of wire had been strung between two beams on either side of the block and that a sort of ladder was leaning against it .
11 On the way back to my office through the gallery I see that the art deco figures have disappeared and have been replaced by enormous canvases of contemporary art .
12 As she approached the reception desk she saw that the Cooks were already there , apparently having trouble understanding something the short balding clerk was trying to explain .
13 For they 'd no work you see and the staff there was paid off .
14 Looking out of the window she saw that the drizzle had become heavy rain .
15 Whenever you look at a photograph of the Sun you see that the face sports dark blobs .
16 Lee wondered why the barman tolerated him but when she looked towards the bar she saw that the barman seemed hypnotized by the antics of the pub 's female singer , not pleasantly , but as if he had been created permanently attached to a painful but essentially dependable puzzle .
17 And when she went inside the cottage she saw that every room was spotlessly clean and bright with flowers — nothing at all like a witch 's lair .
18 You paid a small fee you see or a small charge to have this and the your mother used to put the the dough in the tin and er a little s bit of paper with the name on it , you see with a name on it and that used to go in to the oven .
19 Well this frocks never arrived and she just had to put on an ordinary er white blouse you see and a skirt and the frocks arrived the next day and she put them back .
20 Several boys went to the fi to the fitting shop you see but the I 'd started I claimed to have started I mean it 's I mean there 's no credit to me but at least I was the first You know I 'd really started the thing you know .
21 As she carried the flowers into the other room she saw that the other boy had an arm that was twisted , very twisted , like a clever but grotesque sculpture , and his face was oddly formed like a plasticine model interrupted by a child 's clumsy fingers .
22 From the logbooks we saw that the last periodical examination had been omitted , but Lt. Lewes decided they were okay .
23 Neil , Neil now says , that when he meets a girl , he , he waits to see if she 's got any characteristics in common with the dreadful Vicky , the girl that he eventually fetch her much deserved slosh on the chops and was pulled into Ipswich Magistrates Court , you know , oh I should n't laugh , but erm , he says he looks for those characteristics , and the moment he sees that the girl is going to be this sort of neurotic , excitable , hysterical creature he walks away .
24 If we take just two examples of major environmental crises facing the world ozone depletion and carbon dixode emissions we see that no party except the Green Party is prepared to act quickly enough .
25 Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background .
26 When I returned , to my astonishment I saw that the sailors were already in the boat .
27 The forge , gone cold , is stoked again , and in the firelight we see that the beasts do not have hooves , but human hands .
28 He spends the day with the shepherd and helps him milk his ewes , and at the end of the day he sees that the shepherd puts the best milk he has in a wooden bowl , which he places on a flat stone some distance away .
29 what , you see , what , what happens you see , I mean all my re all the transactions here are done through banker 's orders you see and the banker 's orders they , they wo n't know who , who ever it is going to be responsible you know , but you 've got to put down the wife and , and yourself , see
30 Here , individuals stood out in sharp focus and Jane 's walks were always enlivened by the indomitable characters she saw and the wry humour of the remarks she overheard .
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