Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] see [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That I should ever see the day … ’
2 I might even see the remainder of my old Hyundai back on my desk as a loaner while ADM irons out the inevitable bugs in this Frankenstein 's monster I 'm creating .
3 ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets .
4 From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea .
5 I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles .
6 I could also see the rock that Neil had pointed out to me , still half out of water .
7 I could also see the potential that Llanbrynmair had to offer ( it took Carole a little longer to see te potential ) and was very eager to start renovation .
8 I could also see the spire of the Church of Scotland in Porteneil , and some smoke coming up from the town chimneys .
9 They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home .
10 Some obvious and important matters were left to one side for years because I could n't see a way forward , or had no time to do the experiments — or could n't find the funds to buy the equipment or chemicals needed .
11 At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly .
12 I could n't see a car .
13 I could n't see a thing .
14 It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything .
15 No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light .
16 I could n't see the cab at all .
17 And er then of course when I got better It hit me all on the head and that well Then er when I went back to school they found out as I could n't see the board properly .
18 ‘ Like him , I could n't see the putt drop in but the gallery 's roar said it all . ’
19 It was hard to tell what the tide was doing , for I could n't see the shore , but each time the anchor held the dinghy would be carried one way or the other to the extent of her scope .
20 I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees .
21 And when it was so deep I could n't see the bottom , Old Bolton 's prize sow , you know the one who had borne so many litters , there was no space atween her belly and the ground .
22 I could n't see the logic of this except that it protected Thatcher from any hint of ‘ doing deals with terrorists ’ .
23 But I could n't see the moon or the stars , only the gloomy sky .
24 Fielding suggested calling it Good Money in the States and Bad Money in Europe , but I could n't see the percentage in that .
25 I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock .
26 I could n't see the head of the column , only the swinging lantern carried by the leader .
27 When I looked up , cradling the gun and gasping , my backside sunk in sand , I could n't see the rabbit .
28 I could n't see the point … ’
29 I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either .
30 I could n't see the point of it any more .
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