Example sentences of "could see only " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first it was behind Claypole Ridge , and I could see only the top of it , the smallest smudge . |
| 2 | With the certainty of the newly converted , they could see only that Pantisocracy offered an escape from their increasingly unsatisfactory and unhappy lives , and from a country whose politics they deplored . |
| 3 | Richard opened slowly and then the cock was in and he could see only Martin 's glistening blond hair between his legs . |
| 4 | Even before the film had wound on , he 'd looked down and away , so that I could see only his forehead and his grey hair ; and within two seconds , he 'd walked towards the grandstand and out of my line of vision . |
| 5 | Two wooden fences , two wire fences , and all lit as day , all covered by the watch-towers standing in each corner of the compound , and over the highest of the wooden fences he could see only the roof of the prison . |
| 6 | She could see only through a watery mist and realized after a moment 's panic that she still had her reading glasses on . |
| 7 | Only long cloaks blowing , up on top of the young dunes , a gaze of strange cold eyes , a flash of spear-points — then the rain drove across , and Ruth could see only night . |
| 8 | There were many Souths , but after about 1830 leading white Southerners could see only one . |
| 9 | As I picked it up , I could see only one word — dead … |
| 10 | Then the boat went down between the waves and she could see only mountains of wild water everywhere . |
| 11 | The house was n't visible from where they stood , in the cool beneath the branches , and even further along , where the path turned , following the contours of the shoreline , they could see only a small part of it , jutting up , white between the intense green of the surrounding trees . |
| 12 | The noble raised his wine cup and Rostov could see only his eyes . |
| 13 | With the torches extinguished , Rostov could see only a vague blur where each of the targets stood . |
| 14 | Burun looked , but he could see only unprepared men who had not even drawn their bows because they were so confident of success . |
| 15 | Here , he could see only the occasional flutter of movement , as the fearful denizens of the area tried to keep out of the way and out of trouble . |
| 16 | Lydia tried to imagine a more suitable bride for the dour Hywel and could see only a dim , faintly female version of himself . |
| 17 | For , as with the apple tree leaves , Johnny could see only those things from her world which he held within his hands . |
| 18 | Sometimes you could see only his head or his legs ; sometimes you could see nothing at all . |
| 19 | Now he could see only a few shadowy figures half-glimpsed through the mists of the cooking fumes . |
| 20 | And in his yellow eyes I could see only hate and evil . |
| 21 | Soon the mist grew thicker and he could see only a few feet in front of him . |
| 22 | In the mist , Giles could see only a few feet ahead , so he moved very carefully . |
| 23 | Her involvement with Adam and Rourke had brought her nothing but trouble and recrimination so far , and when she looked ahead to the future she could see only a bleak landscape stretching out before her . |
| 24 | From where I stood , I could see only that sharp-cut face of his , blurred by dark and passion . |
| 25 | They could see only darkness from the invisible bars of their prison . |
| 26 | Restlessly Leith moved over to the window , but while the view from her room was quite exquisite , she saw nothing of it and could see only Naylor 's furious face as he accused her of leading Travis on . |
| 27 | The moon had come out again — even the moon did as he wanted , she thought hopelessly — and across the water she could see only high walls and shuttered windows . |