Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] see [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love .
2 Although Charlie could always see Trentham in front of him , Tommy was so silent in his wake that from time to time he had to look back just to be certain his friend was still there .
3 I 'd often see birds with gut or wire wrapped around their necks or wings , or looking ill because , as I discovered later , they 'd swallowed lead shot which the anglers used to weight their lines .
4 Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye .
5 My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living .
6 And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye .
7 ‘ The golden rule of conduct , therefore , is mutual toleration seeing that we will never all think alike and that we shall always see Truth in fragment ( sic ) and from different angles of vision ’ .
8 ‘ Charity , if you ca n't see destiny at work in all this , you 're blinder than your glasses , thick as they were , ever led me to believe . ’
9 Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother .
10 Ted and I will never see eye to eye about his clients , whom he likes , respects and positively enjoys dragging over hills to bag stags , whereas I loathe these numbskulls who think killing is ‘ sport ’ .
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