Example sentences of "could see [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bed beside her was empty , but there were men in the yard : she could see a glimmer of light between the shutters and hear a flotsam of voices now and then , when the wind died . |
| 2 | She could see a flicker of fire , Wynne-Jones 's fire . |
| 3 | Walking along the riverbank or lakeside , I could see a variety of waterfowl , such as moorhens , seagulls and ducks ; up in the trees were virtually the entire crow family — jays , rooks and jackdaws — as well as blackbirds , thrushes , finches , all the everyday birds . |
| 4 | On the work surface she could see a bowl of salad , the wine bottle and a row of cutlery . |
| 5 | At the far end of the street , where the beach curved into an arc — and where the water was far enough away from the slops of Main Street — there on my right I could see a grove of coconut palms behind the beach , almost bending over the sand like a canopy as they leaned against the trade winds . |
| 6 | I thought I could see a gleam of light , " You mean his stomach … ? " |
| 7 | I could see a sort of Army bed . |
| 8 | To the west you could see a sprinkling of town lights and , further west , the hills where the coal came from . |
| 9 | The sun was up now , and strong ; he could see a quiver of exhaust gases in the air . |
| 10 | If you sat in the fireplace and looked up you could see a disc of sky and several iron hooks in silhouette . |
| 11 | The door was still locked and , when I peered through the shuttered windows , I could see no sign of candlelight . |
| 12 | I was concerned , but as I could see no sign of disease I decided not to interfere . |
| 13 | She raised her eyes to his face , but he could see no flash of emotion there , nothing of the slightly vulnerable girl who 'd tried to hide her hurt under an efficient exterior . |
| 14 | Yet she could see no hope of escape . |
| 15 | I could see no reason for panic . |
| 16 | Whilst the inconclusive debate between monogenists and polygenists in anthropology , and the influence of Christianity and political liberalism , somewhat tempered the ethnocentrism of scientific and official attitudes , the Darwinian revolution swept away many of the restraints which checked the development of racist views , at least for those who could see no difference between evolution in the natural world and human achievements . |
| 17 | He could see no improvement in prospect anywhere . |
| 18 | Ford set out to see this cynosure and found Her so wrapped and swaddled in lace robes and veiling that he could see no trace of figure or countenance . |
| 19 | Judge John Petrie said he took account of Wilson 's admissions to police but he could see no alternative to imprisonment , especially since some of the charges involved supplying other people . |
| 20 | He declared that he could see no alternative to perestroika , but he won loud and prolonged applause when he observed that " all manner of rash radicalism , improvisations and dithering have not given us much in five years " . |
| 21 | And you could see an example of ecotourism and also check out Ametra 2001 — it 's a centre down there for the study of traditional medicine . ’ |
| 22 | You could see the scratches on Holly 's knuckles for days afterwards , and no one ever said anything about it . |
| 23 | Yakovlev was the man 's name ; even now he could see the look of surprise on his face as the sword entered his body . |
| 24 | She could see the look of astonishment on Simon 's face as he made the connections she wanted him to make . |
| 25 | Ace fancied she could see the look of anguish on Daak 's face as he relinquished his grip on his chainsword and grabbed the girder with his right hand . |
| 26 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 27 | He liked best the stormy winter evenings when , working late , he could see the lights of shipping prinking the horizon as they made their way down the coast to the Yarmouth lanes , and see the flashing lightships and the beam from Happisburgh Lighthouse , which for generations had warned mariners of the treacherous offshore sands . |
| 28 | The phones began ringing off the hook at Rugby US a few months before the World Cup began , with callers wanting to know when and where they could see the matches on television . |
| 29 | Against the broad yellow light Cameron and Menzies could see the officer in silhouette , walking his horse forwards to meet a crowd in the road where it levelled out after the sharp rise from the bridge across to Grandtully . |
| 30 | He could see the colour of Jeopardy 's eyes — brown , but tinged amber by the light . |