Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] see that " in BNC.

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1 In the extreme case , there is no mobility of labour at all ( as in Jones , 1971b ) , and the implications of such immobility for the incidence of the corporation tax have been examined in Section 6–4 , where we saw that implies that the return to capital definitely falls ( relative to p y ) as a result of the tax .
2 ‘ It 's nice to be able to say that I saw that big right coming but Ruddock did n't , in fact I do n't think he saw anything that came his way .
3 It was then that I saw that the folder I 'd left on the coffee table was gone .
4 Immediately I saw that if Edward had mentioned that name it would have been deemed a great betrayal .
5 ‘ I take it that you see that architectural dog 's dinner down there as a skilfully-planned structure — some sort of enormous palace . ’
6 The simplest case was that put forward by Murray Copland in the 1960s , suggesting , simply , that in modern editorial terms inverted commas should be put around these lines so that we see that in these lines the Shipman is imitating ( a ) woman .
7 If we now look at the ego , as opposed to the id , then immediately we see that it is , it is emphatically not true to claim that Freud was a Hobbesian social thinker .
8 But once we do so , once we see that by calling God ‘ transcendent ’ we are not banishing Him to some distant celestial isle from which to look down on us , then it becomes easier and not harder to understand His presence .
9 Once we see that the relationship between a set of explanatory principles and the more specific analyses offered by social scientists must be a reciprocal one we are able to benefit from the fact that , just as social scientific practice is moulded by existing views of explanation , so those views can be refined and altered by the impact of practice .
10 What distinguished Lenin and his party was that they saw that in Russia liberal rule could be overthrown while capitalism was still in its infancy .
11 And that was quite a good idea , because late at night following wedding parties and other , if anybody was behaving in an disorderly manner and people were returning home , they would always tell the policeman that they saw that a rowdy crowd were coming along .
12 The papers have been desperate to unsettle Rocky for ages , so they see that Wilko has made some enquiries about a player , they see the two clubs , they see an out-of-favour player on each side and immediately jump to conclusions .
13 It was only by craning his neck to a painful degree that he saw that he was suspended in mid-air , a foot or so above the sea .
14 And one who did not want to be punished , either , was their other comment , as witness the way he was prepared to kill Rose Hilaire once he saw that her tie-up with Joe and John Coffin would enable her memories of what she had seen of Ephraim 's body to go straight to dangerous quarters .
15 When I saw this happening I began to watch more closely , and I saw that some nights even when she was n't up on the stage Madame had her eye on these two and would often look from one to the other and then back again .
16 He looked up at me after I finished and I saw that whipped dog look .
17 The searchlight was switched out and I saw that there was a wall of barbed wire running parallel with the road on one side .
18 Here at the bottom of the sky , I went with him in imagination by the rocks of the mind 's shore and I saw that the sky was thin and could not hold and my mind was set free .
19 And I saw that they were the feet of a fish-scaled claw-toed monster …
20 In 1935 a page by David Garnett in the New Statesman first introduced me to her work , and I saw that A House and Its Head was a book likely to give me quite peculiar pleasure .
21 He sucked on a cigarette and I saw that the fingers of his right hand were stained a deep yellow by the nicotine .
22 And I saw that she was in expert hands .
23 They seemed to be watching me , and then one of them waved , and I saw that they were Megan Lloyd and Ann Tracy .
24 And I saw that the shed window had been boarded over with some plywood , and the board had a number beneath which was the signature ‘ Popova ’ .
25 After this the orchestra expanded , and I saw that the people round the edge of the hall were musicians awaiting their turn to practice .
26 Three men ran in front , and I saw that the one in the middle was the blind man .
27 And er what I did I got everything , you know the , I do n't think it was , and some warm water and I saw that my hands was well clean and I 'd got some very nice little silver spoons , only small ones .
28 She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples .
29 Her back was to me and I saw that she had her fingers crossed behind her back as she spoke .
30 Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right .
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