Example sentences of "could see a [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 . |