Example sentences of "he [modal v] see [noun prp] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could see Steen 's face in its pained repose , and felt certain that he was up against a case of murder . |
| 2 | He could see Todd 's smile , could feel the gesture forming as the other man leaned forward very slightly and prepared to put the phone down . |
| 3 | The boy had his back to him but he could see Lily 's face and she was doing the talking . |
| 4 | In the abbey church of St Seurin at Bordeaux , for example , he could see Roland 's horn , the sound of which might have summoned reinforcements to Roncesvalles but which Roland , more careful of his reputation than of his life , had refused to blow until it was too late . |
| 5 | Later he would see Hugo 's Quasimodo as having a direct bearing on his as yet unformed philosophy of ugliness , and he remembered a saying : ‘ In my soul I am beautiful . ’ |