Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] see a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 2 | The room was thick with smoke and I could just see a cot , but it was empty . |
| 3 | To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished . |
| 4 | I know it sounds crazy , but even as I watched this little boy , Jimbo , I thought I could actually see a muscle quiver . |
| 5 | I , I can just see a touch of the black . |
| 6 | I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout . |
| 7 | You may however see a chest drain on a general surgical ward . |
| 8 | You should also see a newsagent on your left , so anticipate a man crossing the road with his nose in a newspaper and children darting across with ice-creams or sweeties . ’ |
| 9 | If you leave them behind and take to the lanes you 'll rarely see a car . |
| 10 | She could even see a thrush pecking out a scarlet yew berry , swallowing the scarlet flesh and spitting out the poisonous pip . |
| 11 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 12 | Alice looked all round the table , but she could only see a teapot . |
| 13 | Are you really saying that you 'd rather see a rubbish tip than fairways ? ’ |
| 14 | You 'd sooner see a vegetarian at an abattoir . |
| 15 | And I never found any embarrassment there because there was I always saw the wom woman , you could always see a woman chemist . |
| 16 | Now I said Mr Nichol I 'd to take you to that erm but the only thing is it 's after the so I do n't know how you feel if you 'd if you would rather see a performance before the exam , or you would rather see that one after the exam , or two . |
| 17 | You will frequently see a garment in a shape that suits pattern stitches and fabrics other than those suggested in the accompanying instructions . |
| 18 | And if you practise at least some of the exercises described in this book every day , you will soon see a change in your hips and thighs . |
| 19 | You will also see a difference between the two recording speeds when you play back in slow-motion or still-frame . |
| 20 | If you look very carefully you can just see a couple of little green shoots starting to come . |
| 21 | And look — you can almost see a face in the lumps and fissures of the bark . ’ |
| 22 | They say you can still see a gap in the treeline where the Hurricane shaved the tops off what would then have been saplings . |
| 23 | You can hardly see a thing . " |
| 24 | We may soon see a nursery ABC frieze , which goes : A is for Aids , B is for Bondage , C is for Condom , D is for Deviancy , E is for Equality , F is for Feminism , G is for Gender Stereotyping , H is for Haringey , I is for Income Support , J is for Joyriding , K is for karma , L is for Liberalism , M is for Ms. , N is for New Age , O is for Outing , P is for Positive Discrimination , Q is for Questioning Authority , R is for Radical , S is for Single Parent , T is for Therapy , U is for Underprivileged , V is for Virtual Reality , W is for Wimmin , X is for Malcolm , Y is for Yoof and Z is for Zen . |
| 25 | We may also see a relationship between a willingness to accept the authoritative knowledge of a subject and a willingness to defer to authority in general . |
| 26 | In Williams ' chapter ( 3.1 ) , we may perhaps see a justification of equality of condition or outcome on the basis of equality of opportunity . |
| 27 | Who knows , perhaps we 'll even see a miracle or two . |
| 28 | If the Government 's agricultural land tenancy reform proposals go through , which I rather hope they do , it 'll be a little while yet , we could well see a change in the security of tenure issue , which might make it easier to achieve er , vacancy and vacant possession . |
| 29 | If that gap is n't narrowed , we could well see a backlash as business doing their bit for the environment lose heart at the apparent lack of consumer interest . |
| 30 | We 'd soon see a difference ! ’ |