Example sentences of "but [vb mod] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | But let's see just see the number plate on it underneath there the |
| 2 | But let's see what she 'll be a few years hence . |
| 3 | I 'm sure the win will do wonders for the team 's confidence , but let's see what happens for the next 5 games at least before we make rash predictions . |
| 4 | There too there is no straightforward unchallengeable meaning , but let's see how far we can get with one immediately obvious sense of screen — that it is a something , noticeable in itself , behind which other things happen . |
| 5 | Anne knew she was treating Nina like a four-year-old , but could see no other way to cope with her . |
| 6 | He looked around for the stables , but could see none . |
| 7 | They opened her up , but could see no trace of the ulcer they had been expecting to find . |
| 8 | Hoomey marvelled at this , in fact thought it rather splendid , but could see that the prospect was unlikely to excite Jazz . |
| 9 | I looked out of the window for air raid damage but could see none and decided that this was one of the minor Ruhr towns which had not yet been attacked . |
| 10 | The clerk , startled , looked round , but could see no obvious assailant in the milling crowd around him . |
| 11 | Before the light faded altogether Allen climbed in the oak but could see neither the Ridgery nor the column of smoke for which they were making . |
| 12 | She looked around but could see nothing prepared for the arrival of a baby Maggie seemed to have had no nesting instincts at all . |
| 13 | I looked round very carefully but could see nothing , so I turned back on the tail of the nearest Hun , who was chasing some Hurricanes in front of him . |
| 14 | Jarvis grinned but could see the wisdom of it . |
| 15 | That meant the police had gone up the other way — but could see them by turning . |
| 16 | He found himself looking towards the floor but could see nothing , and so shook his head . |
| 17 | She looked out of the window , but could see nothing except the darkness . |
| 18 | He gazed down river but could see nothing . |
| 19 | I did n't know the forecast , but could see we were in for a storm . |
| 20 | He looked down the road but could see nobody ; the driver had hopped the fence but it was impossible to say where . |
| 21 | Cardiff ran to the glass doors , wiped the moisture from the pane and looked out into the night at the blurred orange glow of the traffic cordon — but could see nothing else . |
| 22 | Donna flicked ahead a few pages but could see no way of hastening her search for the information she sought . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't — yes , I could do that , ’ said Caspar , who could not do it at all , but could see that there was no other answer to be given . |
| 24 | How very odd that she could not see the source of the light , but could see the light itself . |
| 25 | In 1938 Lewis took a job in a Welsh secondary school , but could see the shadow of war approaching and worried over the problem of pacifism : ‘ I have a deep sort of fatalist feeling that I 'll go . |
| 26 | He picked up the sports jacket and examined the collar but could see no blood , no unburnt powder and no scorching . |
| 27 | I was hidden behind a tree , but could see his dark barrel-shaped silhouette clearly enough . |
| 28 | He looked over his shoulder towards where the school party had gone , but could see nothing but a flat field of windblown grass . |
| 29 | Jessica felt her eyes close but could see the light , two hot white searchlights , hot red spots . |
| 30 | He climbed the stairs but could see nothing through the hammered glass panels of the front door . |