Example sentences of "[modal v] see right " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could see right out to Ramsey Island and the deadly line of rocks known as The Bitches . |
| 2 | UNSUITABLE FOR A FAMILY NEWSPAPER Veil of secrecy ‘ You could see right through his trousers , ’ said the British judge Vanessa Riley . |
| 3 | From the top you could see right over the seaside resort out into the countryside beyond . |
| 4 | From its leafy canopy he could see right over the gardens and the wilderness of the lower grounds to the rows of cobbled streets on the far side of the beck wall . |
| 5 | I knocked on it but it was so dilapidated that I could see right through the door frame and into a large room where a man was sitting in a kitchen chair , dressed in trousers and vest . |
| 6 | Always he made her uneasy , as if he could see right through to the deeps of her scheming soul . |
| 7 | I could see right away Tom was looking for his caddie , and so I thought , ‘ This is it — do or die . ’ |
| 8 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 9 | From the height of the rooftop they could see right over to the Kālādika , where one patch of sunset still remained , splashed across the sky , like a spilled pot of paint . |
| 10 | We could see right through your crafty but loose Propaganda . |
| 11 | Jessamyn could see right through the hole in the dead man . |
| 12 | Besides , from this path we could see right across the meadows to a clutch of villages nestling beneath the highest point on the Gower , the rounded silhouette of Rhosili Down ( 632ft ) . |
| 13 | The fingers were long , unnaturally thin , the skin on them so clear it seemed he could see right through them to the bone itself . |
| 14 | As though he could see right into the deepest bits of her . |
| 15 | And I could see right across the fields and right across the Menai Straits onto Beaumarais . |
| 16 | And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains . |
| 17 | You could see right away how impressed the judges were ! ’ |
| 18 | The living-room was at the back of the house , overlooking the harbour , and from where he sat at table he could see right across Carrick Roads to St Just-in-Roseland . |
| 19 | It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response . |
| 20 | When he looked at her that way he had the most uncanny knack of making her believe he could see right into her soul , and it was a deeply uncomfortable sensation . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I 'd see right through it . ’ |
| 22 | Now Montgomery would see right through her with those eyes . |
| 23 | Sleep well , and be sure they will see right done to you . |
| 24 | From here , on a clear day , you can see right across the Moyle channel to Scotland , less than 13 miles away . |
| 25 | Above right : I can see right through you ! |
| 26 | ‘ I can see right through her ! ’ he might have boasted , if you had suggested the possibility to him . |
| 27 | She can see right through me , he thought . |
| 28 | ‘ You can see right through Doddie 's head now . |
| 29 | ‘ I can see right through your little plot , madam ! |
| 30 | From here you can see right over the Solway Firth to the Scottish lowlands . |