Example sentences of "could [adv] see [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , there wo n't be much alteration from the side which triumphed so convincingly in Lithuania and Latvia although we could perhaps see the return of Nottingham Forest winger Kingsley Black at some stage . |
| 2 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 3 | In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse . |
| 4 | The picture itself was so dark he could only see the image of Emily in the glass , naked and moving wildly , her buttocks pumping urgently against him . |
| 5 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |
| 6 | The British Trias is almost completely lacking in marine fossils below the Rhaetian , but I maintained that one could nevertheless see the effects of alpine transgressions reflected in our continental sediments . |
| 7 | Looking to the north , she could already see the curtains of snow which were sweeping towards them with terrifying speed . |
| 8 | The court also absolved General Jorge Rabanal , who led the operation , on the grounds that from his post he could not see the slaughter of the prisoners . |
| 9 | Pupils could not see the relevance of what they were asked to do and so lost motivation . |
| 10 | They could not see the glow of triumph in his eyes . |
| 11 | So far as we know , Ptolemy spent his whole life in Alexandria , which is well north of the Earth 's equator , so that he could not see the stars of the far south . |
| 12 | Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids . |
| 13 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 14 | I could not see the state of the causeway . |
| 15 | She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up . |
| 16 | She told me later she could not see the point of such correspondence . |
| 17 | He decided to be nice about the whole business , though he still could not see the point of it , and offered to put the little biscuity things into bowls . |
| 18 | He was uncertain , and could not see the point of hazarding a guess before the forensic labs had reported on the pair of scissors . |
| 19 | That much of the population could not see the superiority of their society did not deter them : a workers ' uprising was crushed , the Wall was built , travel was extremely limited , all criticism rigorously suppressed . |
| 20 | How very odd that she could not see the source of the light , but could see the light itself . |
| 21 | From the window of the dining-room Conradin could just see the door of the shed . |
| 22 | He could just see the top of his mother 's head , right at the front … |
| 23 | The fabric was so delicate that if she wore it without a brassiere you could just see the outline of her nipples . |
| 24 | The noise became louder and he could just see the outline of a lorry . |
| 25 | Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window . |
| 26 | Between the block and the house you could just see the walls of the walled garden , flint-built , crossed and coped with brick-work . |
| 27 | She was mostly turned away from him ; he could just see the curve of her cheek , the line of her nose , and as he watched she put her head down very slightly . |
| 28 | She could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt . |
| 29 | Jezrael could still see the lights of sunflowers strung out like mercury on rose satin . |
| 30 | Nearby , alum has been worked for centuries and we could still see the remains of the old landing stage where little coasters brought brimming vats of urine from London , which was mixed with the local mineral to produce dyestuff fasteners for textiles . |