Example sentences of "see that [ex0] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I was sceptical as to the Brighton affair , I could not help seeing that there was rather a look about Mr Wilson sometimes ; for instance when , as occasionally happened , his wife 's leg was too bad for her to go shopping and he went alone . |
| 2 | Duncan , seeing that there was no phone-extension in the room , asked if he could use the manager 's . |
| 3 | ‘ Would n't you like to take your duffel coat off ? ’ said Jim , seeing that there was a cuff in the butter . |
| 4 | Goibniu studied the parchments for some time , seeing that there was an elaborate circlet of gold for Flame if she became Inchbad 's Queen , studded with firestones which would be mined from Fael-Inis 's Fire Mountains . |
| 5 | Seeing that there was commercial potential in what they were doing , in March 1989 she and a colleague set up Immune Systems Ltd , a biotechnology company that develops and markets applications of monoclonal antibodies . |
| 6 | ‘ Red or white , darling ? ’ he called , seeing that there was one of each . |
| 7 | So she 's here already , thought Penelope , seeing that there was a fur jacket lying on the spare room bed . |
| 8 | I was led to see that there was much dis-ease within me , and exhorted to have my own counsellor when I left the Centre . |
| 9 | Hailey 's chief preoccupations , then , were to find ways of keeping educated Africans ( of whose mental capacities he took , incidentally , a dim view ) from making a successful bid for power at the centre of the colonial system , and to see that there was no unconsidered rush to reform at the level of the localities . |
| 10 | Both failed to see that there was an epistemological gap between metaphysical values as applied to culture and society . |
| 11 | From the following few recipes it is easy to see that there was never any one method of making English fruit creams and fools , and that over the past three centuries the two have fused . |
| 12 | And it is vital to see that there was a real Unionist case against the government , for this alone explains the popular support that was mobilized and the impression that was made on the army and the King — the only forces left to stop the government . |
| 13 | By undertaking mathematical activities themselves , and through discussion with members of staff , parents began to see that there was an alternative , and viable , view of mathematics . |
| 14 | Their eyes locked together and she was surprised to see that there was no anger in his expression . |
| 15 | He might have foreseen the problems that would ensue after their marriage , seen that there was a gulf between Charles and Diana that would be difficult to bridge and advised against it . |
| 16 | Had it I seen that there was someone sleeping in the bed my course of action would have been otherwise . |
| 17 | They could see that there was no satisfying the Catholics . |
| 18 | The silly bitch really could n't see that there was anything dubious about turning your daughter in to a pin-up . |
| 19 | Elizabeth could see that there was more to this than George would tell her , but she , too , came to the conclusion that Sarah must go to Leeds and that as soon as possible . |
| 20 | Though her natural inclination was to turn round and zoom straight back again , Mildred could see that there was no escape . |
| 21 | Mildred gave one last , long look into Maud 's eyes , but she could see that there was no hope of Maud recognizing a half-mad frog as her best friend . |
| 22 | But as Hatch stared at Cowley , as the men came close , Cowley could see that there was a more dangerous quality in the man 's cool gaze , and in the cut of his jaw . |
| 23 | Yes , he could see that there was a problem . |
| 24 | Assuming all buttons were pressed , they could see that there was one way with one button and two ways with two buttons . |
| 25 | Looking back at the decade of 1965–75 , which Bacon and Eltis consider critical for the economic health of the country , one can see that there was no shortage of labour because unemployment increased during this period . |
| 26 | When he looked at Rose , he could see that there was something wrong . |
| 27 | At first he had suggested it might be fairer to everyone if he were to leave Kentucky and find work elsewhere — perhaps even return to England — but Cora-Beth had succeeded in making him see that there was absolutely no need for him to do so . |
| 28 | And then the shadows moved again , and Lugh could see that there was nothing there at all , and that he was nearer now to Tara than he had thought , and after all it had only been a trick of the light . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | Could n't he see that there was no future for them , no past ? |