Example sentences of "[vb mod] see [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did say to her that the man Andy should see was Giles Hawick himself . |
| 2 | BELVILLE : In my own little chapel , which you may see was put in order on purpose . |
| 3 | She tried joining her mind to the millions of people everywhere glued to screens for this all important match but all she could see was Colm 's pudgy little legs swinging backwards and forwards and the grim look on his face as she washed away the crusted blood . |
| 4 | I remember lying in bed and the only thing I could see was the dim glow of the light bulb on the ceiling . |
| 5 | At first , all he could see was the glint of water and the dark outline of the Isle of Wight , across the Solent . |
| 6 | She looked down it : all she could see was blackness . |
| 7 | The only linkage he could see was with Colonel Smith . |
| 8 | For a moment all he could see was the great wall of surf , dark at its roots like a dyed blonde . |
| 9 | Maggie stared out of the nearest window , but all she could see was . |
| 10 | Now all I could see was spray . |
| 11 | What I could see was not the Land Rover but a rock . |
| 12 | All I could see was the blue sky and miles of undulating grit scored by tyre-tracks . |
| 13 | He thrust the curtains wider , pressed his face to the glass but still all he could see was the white material flapping backwards and forwards in the wind . |
| 14 | The air was cold on stage , the little orchestra seemed to be down a mine and all she could see was a very small bald head and a very long baton . |
| 15 | There , she was high up above the woods , but instead of being able to see all that was going on below for miles around , as she had expected , all she could see was — leaves ! |
| 16 | He searched her eyes for signs of contempt and loathing , but all he could see was sympathy . |
| 17 | He barely registered the factory — all he could see was his stepfather 's face on the pillow , grey and shrunken , and his mother sitting patiently beside him . |
| 18 | They were on a raised section of the Ring , the road that acted as the circumference of downtown , and all Jed could see was freeway , sky , and rows of swaying grey poles . |
| 19 | All he could see was a bird . |
| 20 | All he could see was the shame and disgrace such an alliance would bring on a good Irish family . |
| 21 | At first all I could see was the hazy black outline of a jagged peak , little more than a shadow on the pallor of a dead calm sea , and then , as the air shimmered and danced and drew nearer , I could make out colours , mostly green . |
| 22 | He was wrapped in so much of the duvet all she could see was the top of his head . |
| 23 | What Hamilton could see was that the talents of Warner Bros had combined to produce a film that was not so much about the Legion as ‘ about the kind of short-sighted , uninformed and well-enough-meaning men who have to be given an understanding of what democracy really is so that they will not go on and on providing tools for such legions ’ . |
| 24 | The result was that all one could see was dozens and dozens of blinking lights all over the sky . |
| 25 | All he could see was tough grey jelly plastered across his visor . |
| 26 | The only shelter he could see was the church , but it would be like an ice box inside . |
| 27 | She peered out through the hole but all she could see was the perimeter fence thirty yards away . |
| 28 | He was wearing a balaclava so all I could see was his eyes . |
| 29 | ‘ All I could see was this big black torpedo trying to bite my leg off ’ |
| 30 | There was a big rubber mark on Alain 's fairing , and all I could see was this big black torpedo trying to bite my leg off . ’ |