Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People ask why I do n't tour round seeing the sights , but I could see sights in Australia and be warm . |
| 2 | I was two down from her , but I could see Hannah Dooley wince as Marjorie started . |
| 3 | Everyone remarked on how she 'd taken after my side of the family but I could see George in her , I was certain of it . |
| 4 | But I can see circumstances in which a patient is unwilling to have certain procedures carried out and says so under the impression that in any event the emergency which would bring those procedures into play will not happen . |
| 5 | I would have liked to have done better in the League this season , but I can see light at the end of the tunnel now . |
| 6 | but you 'll see players who , I mean , I mean , did it the other day when I was playing and she did this , oh yes , she I said you 've moved it , I thoroughly accepted it was n't through , you should n't do that . |
| 7 | But you can see Degas , Cezanne , and Turner on your own doorstep . |
| 8 | Carrie could n't see his face because she was behind him but she could see Nick 's . |
| 9 | He nodded , his mouth a bitter line , but she could see acceptance in the way he bowed his dark head , and she felt deep compassion for him , for his wasted life and wasted efforts and wasted pain . |
| 10 | She could n't see Oliver anywhere , but she could see Dickie , standing some way back in the crowd . |
| 11 | The markets have already largely discounted this result but we may see shares and the pound slipping a bit further . |
| 12 | But we should see clowns as reflections of ourselves . |
| 13 | " Oh , intensely , " Graham said , trying to over-play it ; but he could see Slater was n't taken in . |
| 14 | The boy had his back to him but he could see Lily 's face and she was doing the talking . |