Example sentences of "[noun] he [modal v] see the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he peeped through the gap he could see the big half-pillars supporting the lintel , the rounded stone steps leading down to the paved walkway and the wilderness of garden beyond . |
| 2 | As she leaned forward to twitch another grape from the bunch and almost toss it into her mouth he could see the faint freckles which smudged the dark forehead , the glisten of hairs above a carved upper lip . |
| 3 | Through his window he could see the flickering light of flames . |
| 4 | At the Whitechapel Art Gallery he could see the American abstract Impressionists whose work provided in paint what be-bop and Beat aimed for in music and words . |
| 5 | Out of the corner of his eye he could see the white youth had draped one leg over a plastic seat arm and was reclining , his gaze never leaving Magee . |
| 6 | To his left wing he could see the great blackness of the Park , lit only occasionally by murky yellow lights . |
| 7 | At the edge of his flashlight beam he could see the dampened flowers , flattened now by the steady fall of rain . |
| 8 | Even from this distance he could see the vast , pitted sprawl of landing pads , twenty li in diameter , its southernmost edge opening out on to Hsuan Wu lake , the curve of the ancient Yangtze forming a natural barrier to the north-east , like a giant moat two li in width . |
| 9 | Behind the King 's back he could see the white-flecked water still flooding in ; then it dwindled . |
| 10 | Through the mist he could see the vague outlines of the priory church and followed its outline round to the ruined oak stump where Lady Eleanor had received her mysterious messages . |
| 11 | Through the heavy fretwork of its top windows he could see the towering minarets of the Bab es Zuweyla , and from the box window of the storey below , where he was standing when Sesostris approached , he had a good view along the street in both directions . |
| 12 | In his rear-view mirror he could see the glaring eyes and twisted blood smeared mouth of his assailant , and he could feel the pressure of the gun muzzle behind his right ear . |
| 13 | From where they were standing there was no way he could see the hat-and-coat fitment , yet he knew , and had taken a full inventory of its contents . |
| 14 | The houses were shaded clear against the ground : on the hills he could see the white lines of the new walls they were building like netting all over the high ground ; from the direction of the lake he heard an occasional voice , as sharp as the crack of a pistol . |
| 15 | In blurred outline through the fine mesh of his muslin mosquito net he could see the dark shape of the Annamese peasant girl stretched naked on his bed . |
| 16 | Along the road in the far carriageway he could see the two-car tableau under the bright lights , but he did n't linger to watch . |
| 17 | From his side of the table he could see the self-service counter . |
| 18 | Through the close-mesh fence topped by razor wire he could see the wide double doors large enough to let a three-ton lorry into the huge earth mound . |