I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an eye test/a sight test
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All children starting school are given a sight test.
be a sight/joy/pleasure etc to behold
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The beauty of the garden was a pleasure to behold.
can’t stand the sight of
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I know he can’t stand the sight of me.
familiar sight
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Beggars on the street are becoming a familiar sight .
know...by sight (= I often see her but have not really spoken to her )
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I only know her by sight .
lose sight of sth (= forget an important fact about a situation )
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We must never lose sight of the fact that man must work in harmony with nature.
lose sight of sth/sb (= stop being able to see someone or something )
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Don’t try to walk in a heavy snowstorm as you may lose sight of your vehicle.
lose your sight/hearing/voice/balance etc
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Mr Eyer may lose the sight in one eye.
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The tour was postponed when the lead singer lost his voice.
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Julian lost his balance and fell.
love at first sight (= when you love someone as soon as you meet them )
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For Marion and Ron it was love at first sight.
not a soul in sight/not a soul to be seen
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The night was dark and still, and there was not a soul in sight.
out of sight (= too far away to be seen )
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Karen waved until the car was out of sight .
partially sighted
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Reading aids have been provided for partially sighted pupils.
pitiful sight
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The refugees were a pitiful sight .
restore sb’s sight/hearing (= make someone who cannot hear or who is blind, hear or see again )
second sight
shoot...on sight (= shoot them as soon as they see them )
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The guards have orders to shoot intruders on sight .
sorry sight
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the sorry sight of so many dead animals
the end is in sight (= near )
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After a three year wait, the end is finally in sight.
unedifying spectacle/sight/scene etc
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the unedifying spectacle of players attacking the referee
vanished from sight
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The bird vanished from sight .
within sight/earshot (of sth) (= close enough to see or hear )
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As she came within sight of the house, she saw two men getting out of a car.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
beautiful
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The Doctor had offered her a journey to see some of the beautiful sights of the universe.
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She had been six years old then and she had thought the fireworks the most beautiful sight in the world.
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The boats connect all major tourist attractions allowing you to enjoy the beautiful sights of Amsterdam on the way.
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After the audience had accustomed their eyes to the flash, they beheld a subtle and beautiful sight .
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Here you may see the beautiful sight of a huge flock of flamingos landing on the lake.
damn
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Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.
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Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!
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If the place was dry it was going to be a damn sight tougher to manipulate them.
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I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.
familiar
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The most familiar form of sight deposit are current accounts at banks.
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Ravage, because there was so much of it, became a familiar sight , almost comfortable.
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They were local lave-net fisherman, a familiar sight in this part of the county.
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It was already a familiar sight from the windows of the classroom block of the Entally Convent.
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Home-Made Angels was inspired by the familiar sight of hot-air balloons in the skies above Bristol.
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His combination of business suits and cowboy boots quickly became a familiar sight in San Diego and Tijuana.
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Rose Hill, already a familiar sight around Milton Keynes, may soon be recognised worldwide.
pretty
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Goebbels is here to show the pretty Magda the sights of Paris.
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It may turn out to be a pleasant surprise or a not-so-\#pretty sight .
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It's not a pretty sight to finish in a classic fire and fall position.
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And now we have the unlikely and not altogether pretty sight of Bob Dole tearing up in public like a road-company Pagliacci.
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It is not a pretty sight to see people so hurt.
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Not a pretty sight -- they went far beyond editorial endorsement.
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Afterwards I visited the boys and they were not a pretty sight .
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It's really a pretty sight , captain, built of Tennessee marble like one of those old palaces in Florence.
rare
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The guests fell upon the centaurs and drove them out of the country, so they are now a rare sight indeed.
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Ragged children run up to approaching cars with delight because motorized vehicles are a rare sight .
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In the big clashes it was a rare sight .
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Mountain lions, once a rare sight , are becoming almost commonplace.
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Nowadays it's a rare sight .
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A rare sight ! - empty seats in a meeting room.
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Leicester then began to indulge themselves in some fancy patterns-a rare sight .
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I felt very privileged to have stumbled upon such a rare sight .
sorry
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It was, I now thought, a sorry sight .
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It was a sorry and sordid sight .
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It became a sorry sight: a ghost of grandeur.
strange
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At High Tea, Dot was glad when he saw her staring and tidied the strange hand out of sight beneath the table.
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When they were all sitting in a row on the top of the wall they looked down and saw a strange sight .
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It was no longer a strange sight to see blind men at a spectacle.
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What a strange sight , but even that seemed to belong where it was.
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Chesarynth gripped it convulsively at the strange sight of people milling around.
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For thousands of years, this strange sight has frightened millions, and has been thought to portend evil or calamitous events.
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I must have made a strange sight , crumpled up on the floor trying to read that opening paragraph.
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It was a strange sight: a blind man at a spectacle.
■ VERB
behold
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From Mount Ampenan, and over the rocky coastline and long golden beaches is a sight to behold .
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When they were on, they were a sight to behold .&038;.
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Nor was it just the execution that attracted them, for the procession itself was a sight to behold .
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The Transit Authority meetings are a sight to behold .
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His face was not a pleasant sight to behold on awakening.
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It was a sight to behold !
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All in all a lovely sight to behold .
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Four feet eleven inches of skin and bone, but a terrible sight to behold when roused.
catch
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The inner door stood open and through it she caught sight of Eleanor Shergold sitting in one of the pews.
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As they neared James River and caught sight of our gunboats, a cheer went up from each regiment.
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She made a face at his back, but her expression quickly changed to concern when she caught sight of his arm.
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But only the lucky and the sharp-eyed will catch sight of a kangaroo.
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We catch a sight of an earlier world in the bare words of this charter.
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The child shot into the living room, caught sight of Quinn, and stopped dead in his tracks.
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All I could offer was a hatchback whose tyres puncture as soon as it catches sight of anything other than motorway.
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Daylight was dawning; a troop of horses coming from Latium caught sight of the shining helmet of Euryalus and challenged him.
disappear
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It disappeared from sight behind the slope of the hill.
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It disappears out of sight very suddenly.
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So, since he is disappearing from sight , he has dyed his hair black, eyebrows, too.
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Within seconds of the Wheel disappearing from sight the red glow was extinguished.
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The vagrants from the casual ward had disappeared at the sight of the policeman; the street was empty.
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He sat well, she thought, as she watched him turn round the stable wall and disappear out of sight .
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In a few seconds, he had disappeared from sight .
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As they disappeared from sight , a bout of shivering swept over Jack.
hide
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More easily now, he made his way along the roof-tops, hidden from sight by the forest of chimney stacks.
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Her body had been hidden from sight by the cauldron.
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I kept my hands clasped tightly to avoid the habitual gesture of hiding myself from sight .
keep
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They're going to try to keep within sight of Fergal.
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She was easy to keep in sight , but she walked fast.
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It has kept the remnants of sight in a place where it can see nothing.
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Challenged by geochemists, I have followed the plume as high as I could by keeping the smoke in sight .
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Deposed leaders Bangor rekindled their challenge with a five wicket win over Ruthin to keep Marchwiel in their sights .
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They often get lost because they have not kept the airfield in sight and within easy gliding range.
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She had kept out of sight , not wishing them to see the tears coursing down her face.
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Owner's tip: Keep the tranquillisers out of sight .
let
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Richard, as a baby, would never let her out of his sight , cried if she left him.
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I wasn't going to show him I wouldn't let him out of my sight .
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Won't let me out of his sight for a minute, he said.
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Scamperin' round the market whenever I let her out of my sight .
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Oh, well, it would give her two bodyguards if she didn't ever let them out of her sight .
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But Harley never lets it out of his sight .
lose
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Andrew Miles was born blind in his left eye and lost his sight completely at 26 due to glaucoma.
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Certainly, it can not be said that the years since then have lost sight of that fact.
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Now and then they lost sight of him below the skyline.
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He says the talking drivers twist their necks as they talk and so lose sight of their road horizon.
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Often Lambert lost sight of the other two.
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It is easy to lose sight of your vehicle in blowing snow and become lost.
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Now that they have the power to act, they should not lose sight of it.
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Effective change leaders, like those in the Minnesota story remain vigilant against losing sight of performance.
seem
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Individual points along a spectrum, on the other hand, seem at first sight to be insufficiently distinguished from one another.
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Now that the end at last seemed in sight , he thought he might hazard a look.
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His characters seem at first sight useless or even perverse.
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The conception about reacting mechanically to events is not a purely materialistic one, as it may seem at first sight .
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Here we were, approaching the sixth wartime Christmas and still the end didn't seem to be in sight .
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Other relationships seem at first sight to be benign.
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This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight .
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Claudius made two other arrangements which seem at first sight to be highly anomalous.
set
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Sofa Head's greatest asset is the realisation that you don't have to set your sights on one target.
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That was how it was with Master Yehudi: the better things went for us, the higher he set his sights .
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Take action to further your ambitions and be sure to set your sights high.
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Wagner set his sights on a degree in electrical engineering, and he followed his star with a fervid intensity.
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Not hard to imagine she'd set her sights also on Perkin.
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And Bettman has set his sights high.
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Having set our investment in bricks and mortar, we're now setting our sights on the future.
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Both women were certain early on that they wanted a high-profile career related to politics and set their sights on achieving it.
shoot
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He was shot dead in sight of hundreds of diners at kerbside restaurants in Calvi on the night of Aug. 21.
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It was almost deserted - looters were shot on sight and anyone who could flee had fled.
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The army has since been ordered to shoot demonstrators on sight .
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Even if it was restricted, an army guard doesn't shoot visitors on sight .
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Tell them to shoot on sight .
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The anarchist paper Freiheit, in opposition to the Marxists, thought Eleanor should have been shot on sight upon arriving.
stand
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They ran inside, and we stood out of sight under an apple tree.
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Understand why Sylvie couldn't stand the sight of the girl.
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I can not stand the sight of the doll, I hate her.
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As she stood up she caught sight of her reflection in the fly-spotted mirror.
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He stood just out of sight and listened for the lift.
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On the contrary, he can't stand the sight of it.
vanish
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Here the linguistic cocoon is spun to such complexity that the characters and narrative structure sometimes vanish from sight .
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The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight .
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One of the galleys had vanished from sight .
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Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.
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Persons can vanish utterly from sight for these reasons.
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She vanished from sight , but Hippolytus, too, was gone.
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The shore had vanished from sight .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a damn sight more/better etc
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Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.
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I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.
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Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!
a darn sight better/harder etc
at first glance/sight
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After months of waiting, it was hardly love at first sight, he admits.
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At first glance this will probably sound strange, yet there is a way in which it is also logical.
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At first glance, it looked like unalloyed good news.
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At first glance, the place seemed deserted.
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It was love at first sight.
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This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight.
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What was inside the cradles at first sight terrified me.
at first glance/sight
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At first glance this will probably sound strange, yet there is a way in which it is also logical.
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At first glance , it looked like unalloyed good news.
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At first glance , the place seemed deserted.
catch sight of sb/sth
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As she caught sight of the house, Breeze came to an abrupt standstill, nearly falling over her own feet.
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As they neared James River and caught sight of our gunboats, a cheer went up from each regiment.
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He had first caught sight of her riding in a ploughed field beyond the barbed wire perimeter of the air base.
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I caught sight of Bobby doing bench presses on a Universal machine near the far wall.
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In that sorrowful but lovely spot, shaded with groves of myrtle, Aeneas caught sight of Dido.
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Jeopardy's eyes slid to the left and he caught sight of Lucien.
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Meryl caught sight of two female journalists, trendy in jumpsuits, their faces hard and confident.
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The crowd in the barroom had caught sight of Mulcahey and called for him to come in.
come into view/sight
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A tall figure came into view, then just as quickly vanished.
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As we drive on, the Willapa Hills of coastal Washington come into view.
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Soon Carol's home comes into view They're home!
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Southampton went wild when the Friendship came into view.
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The airfield came into view and Y positioned for the approach.
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The bell tower came into view, a square slim block of stone separated from the church by a dozen yards.
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The hills had now come into view, and I enjoyed the grand spectacle of Mount Blue ahead.
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They passed the copse and the lights of a large Elizabethan house came into view.
have your heart/sights set on sth
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Teng is thought to have her sights set on the Board of Supervisors' presidency.
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But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
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If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
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Many of the Keishinkai parents have their hearts set on Keio.
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Movie sniper Jude Law and Rachel Weisz are covered in mud but still have their sights set on desire.
heave in sight/into view
in plain sight
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I couldn't believe they'd left the drugs and needles right out in plain sight.
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Thou shalt not leave illegal things lying around in plain sight.
not a pretty sight
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Are you sure you want to come in? It's not a pretty sight.
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Afterwards I visited the boys and they were not a pretty sight.
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All directors, including Spielberg, grow up, and in this film the result is not a pretty sight.
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He is not a pretty sight.
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It's not a pretty sight to finish in a classic fire and fall position.
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It is not a pretty sight to see people so hurt.
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What these portraits give you is a glimpse of Lowry's psychic state, and it's not a pretty sight.
set your heart/mind/sights on (doing) sth
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But where there are sellers there are buyers, and it was this latter rare species we had set our sights on.
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Gazing intently into her computer screen, Christine Montgomery has set her sights on the next generation of electronic language translators.
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He knew he was bound to pull any girl he set his mind on - he always had.
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Heath had set her sights on the U. S. Senate seat from Colorado.
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Her youth and beauty elicited a predictable reaction from my father, who set his sights on her at once.
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Sofa Head's greatest asset is the realisation that you don't have to set your sights on one target.
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Wagner set his sights on a degree in electrical engineering, and he followed his star with a fervid intensity.
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Yes, she thought, if Tamar had set her mind on something she would never rest until it was accomplished.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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'Has Peter got any sight at all now?' 'Only partial sight, in one eye.'
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Even Charles cheered up at the sight of the food.
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Gavin looked a sorry sight -- his jaw was broken, and he had a black eye.
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Homeless kids are now a familiar sight on London's streets.
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I can't stand the sight of blood.
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It was a sight so awe-inspiring we could have stayed for hours.
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It was our first sight of land after 15 months at sea.
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Nicole has suffered since birth from impaired sight as a result of cerebral palsy.
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No further sightings of the fur seal were reported until the early 90s.
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She lost her sight at the age of 12 following an illness.
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She recently underwent an operation to restore her sight .
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Stretch limousines are a common sight in Los Angeles.
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Sunrise over the Himalayas is a magnificent sight .
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the first sighting of Halley's Comet
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The superintendent issued orders to shoot looters and arsonists on sight .
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There are five senses: sight , smell, hearing, taste, and touch.
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We looked at the huge crowd gathering below us. 'It's quite a sight , isn't it?'
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We saw all the important sights on our first day in Chicago.
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When I met my husband, it was love at first sight .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At times you can lose sight of a player you are controlling as part of the court turns out of your sight.
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But then how many laughs can there be in a man fainting at the sight of his child being born?
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Home-Made Angels was inspired by the familiar sight of hot-air balloons in the skies above Bristol.
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It was a ludicrous but terrifying sight .
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So even two-player matches are like watching two top pros playing, albeit without the glorious sight of their beer bellies!
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There was no one else in sight .
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Through it all, Daley stayed out of sight .
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When he got home, he went to the kitchen looking for Puny and saw instead an unusual sight in his backyard.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a damn sight more/better etc
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Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.
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I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.
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Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!
a darn sight better/harder etc
at first glance/sight
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After months of waiting, it was hardly love at first sight, he admits.
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At first glance this will probably sound strange, yet there is a way in which it is also logical.
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At first glance, it looked like unalloyed good news.
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At first glance, the place seemed deserted.
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It was love at first sight.
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This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight.
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What was inside the cradles at first sight terrified me.
at first glance/sight
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At first glance this will probably sound strange, yet there is a way in which it is also logical.
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At first glance , it looked like unalloyed good news.
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At first glance , the place seemed deserted.
have your heart/sights set on sth
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Teng is thought to have her sights set on the Board of Supervisors' presidency.
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But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
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If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
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Many of the Keishinkai parents have their hearts set on Keio.
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Movie sniper Jude Law and Rachel Weisz are covered in mud but still have their sights set on desire.
in plain sight
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I couldn't believe they'd left the drugs and needles right out in plain sight.
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Thou shalt not leave illegal things lying around in plain sight.
not a pretty sight
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Are you sure you want to come in? It's not a pretty sight.
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Afterwards I visited the boys and they were not a pretty sight.
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All directors, including Spielberg, grow up, and in this film the result is not a pretty sight.
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He is not a pretty sight.
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It's not a pretty sight to finish in a classic fire and fall position.
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It is not a pretty sight to see people so hurt.
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What these portraits give you is a glimpse of Lowry's psychic state, and it's not a pretty sight.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A mountain lion was sighted in the local area last night.
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At least ten birds have been sighted feeding on the lake this year.
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The missing boys were sighted by a rescue helicopter.
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We sighted a fishing boat in the distance.
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When the haze cleared, the sailors sighted land straight ahead.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Black cap, white throat and grasshopper warbler had been sighted.
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Each sighting results in the discovery of either a female axis or white-tailed deer.
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From base camp the summit was barely visible, so on sighting the route our surprise was all the greater.
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In the wild, they can often be sighted migrating in bevies of a hundred or more birds.
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One sighting had no bodies but it had sardines.
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The sighting of the whale, Ahab cries, was meant for him, and then he is lowered to the deck.
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The following day, shortly after lunch, we sighted Koraloona on the horizon.