Example sentences of "but [det] [pron] [vb mod] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all they could see was a big brown eye staring anxiously back at them . |
| 2 | We still hear its voice ; but all we can see is a bare wooden perch . |
| 3 | He searched her eyes for signs of contempt and loathing , but all he could see was sympathy . |
| 4 | Bodie glanced up , but all he could see were the same madly flickering lines , and slowly moving blips . |
| 5 | He switched the barrel of the gun to and fro , looking for a target , but all he could see was the silk hat and the garish bunch of flowers , pink and green and orange , each with a button-centre like the mad eye of a moon-daisy . |
| 6 | I sneaked a glance to my left but all I could see was a rather attractive young nurse wheeling a chair-ridden white-haired old dear down the corridor towards us . |
| 7 | I look all the way round but all I can see are the shapes of the trolleys and the wire fence on both sides . |
| 8 | She tried joining her mind to the millions of people everywhere glued to screens for this all important match but all she could see was Colm 's pudgy little legs swinging backwards and forwards and the grim look on his face as she washed away the crusted blood . |
| 9 | Maggie stared out of the nearest window , but all she could see was . |
| 10 | She peered out through the hole but all she could see was the perimeter fence thirty yards away . |