Example sentences of "could see [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lessons of A Course In Miracles provide many wonderful affirmations such as — ‘ There is nothing to fear ’ , ‘ I could see peace instead of this ’ , ‘ All that I give is given to myself , ‘ All things I think I see reflect ideas ’ , ‘ Let me be still and listen to the truth ’ , ‘ Light and joy and peace abide in me ’ , ‘ Today I will judge nothing that occurs ’ , and ‘ The past is over . |
| 2 | In the dimly-lit interior , Delaney could see crew members moving around , and the bulky outline of some pieces of equipment , inflatable dinghy packs and harness . |
| 3 | As it fell , it hit on the corner and the door opened and the corner of the door was stressed , literally , you could see stress marks on the wood , but the mirror at the back was in one piece . |
| 4 | Bernice could see Legion 's body splitting into a firework display of multi-coloured fronds , and slowly drawing together into a hairy black ovoid supported by three pipe-cleaner legs . |
| 5 | Through the open doorway Culley could see activity near the pit , and shadows jostling on the walls . |
| 6 | She could see dance programmes filling up , and not a name on hers . |
| 7 | He could see Donna on the other side of the barrier heading towards a dark-haired woman , whom she embraced . |
| 8 | She wished there was a window in front , so she could see Midnight sitting up on the driver 's seat beside Hawkins . |
| 9 | At the end she could see part of the ward , a gleaming parquet floor and white-painted bedsteads . |
| 10 | He could see part of the canal , part of a garden , barges loaded with potatoes , a rear view of houses being pulled down by workmen , and in the distance rows of trees and street lamps , a complicated little almshouse with its gardens , and finally a grand expanse of roofs . |
| 11 | She could see part of Dewer Street through the half-open gate and it seemed to be deserted . |
| 12 | Its bed and furniture were entirely homely , however , and perhaps not as dainty as the elegant young French lady might like , but it did have a nice view of the hustle and bustle of Newington Butts , and Mrs Beavis always reckoned that if you could see life going on from your window , you could n't grumble too much about not having dainty furniture . |
| 13 | I could see mist over the forests below the mountains , and fog out over the North Sea . |
| 14 | He paused , and she could see laughter dancing in his eyes . |
| 15 | I stroked him , he gave me a big lick , and I could see relief sweep over him knowing I was n't going to hit him . ’ |
| 16 | I could see Sister 's point . |
| 17 | I could see Dad was worried so after a couple of hours of hanging about I offered to return to Mary 's . |
| 18 | No , but I mean you could see play really well . |
| 19 | Inside he could see Elinor talking , with some animation , to Donald , her long hair falling across her face . |
| 20 | And now , you see , the thing was that we could see Boy walking into our bar , pausing in the doorway , and we could just say the line and laugh . |
| 21 | Out of the window I could see darkness falling . |
| 22 | At last , from the top of the waves , they could see Thomasin Darling . |
| 23 | For a human , the task of finding the summit would be easy because he could see north east ; but the robot can only test the gradient along the principal points of the compass , and in all those four directions it slopes down . |
| 24 | Although I could see marriage appearing in the distance , it was still a long way off . |
| 25 | Not only had she a history of past Amativeness ( the fact that she was a " fallen woman " and so forth ) , but anyone who looked at her could see Amativeness written all over her . |
| 26 | He could see mischief in her eyes . |
| 27 | But , in spite of the stirring words , in spite of the cast 's cheers , Charles could see panic in Paul Lexington 's eyes . |
| 28 | The tide was turning and he could see debris drifting downstream in the yellow afternoon light towards the River Gate , a mere hundred yards downstream . |
| 29 | I could see Mum really had it hard for money . |
| 30 | Even now as he stood there by the kitchen table he could see Caspar closing in on the weaker lamb , and he could hear that weird and terrible wailing of Lee 's . |