Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | This much I could see from the outside when I went down to have a look at it . |
| 2 | ‘ I went to look and though it was pretty dark I could see enough . |
| 3 | She was ready , just by that you could see she looked better . |
| 4 | There are spacious arcades and galleries on all sides of the square , and on these I could see nobly sculpted medallions of famous Spaniards . |
| 5 | yes , that 's the money supply and measures , the measures of money supply I 'm sure you 'll be okay you should beat what I got anyway , cos I saw it sort of cold I could see you were put into shits of boredom , they go totally over the top most of the time my parents |
| 6 | In the light that came from these he could see a rough plank table and three chairs and in the darkest corner a bed of stretched hides on which was curled up something darker still , a bundle the size of an old woman . |
| 7 | ‘ All I could see of the explosion was this huge cloud of dust . |
| 8 | Now all I could see was spray . |
| 9 | All I could see was the blue sky and miles of undulating grit scored by tyre-tracks . |
| 10 | She sat at the edge of the cockpit , curled her legs into the warm shelter of the jacket , then hunched down into the thick collar so that all I could see of her face was her enormous , moon-silvered and lemur-like eyes beneath the pale gleam of her short bright hair . |
| 11 | All I could see , as usual , with my untrained eye , were blobs and shadows . |
| 12 | All I could see of her was the tip of her nose on Richard 's other side , bobbing backwards and forwards as she walked , like a bird eating grain . |
| 13 | At first all I could see was the hazy black outline of a jagged peak , little more than a shadow on the pallor of a dead calm sea , and then , as the air shimmered and danced and drew nearer , I could make out colours , mostly green . |
| 14 | He was wearing a balaclava so all I could see was his eyes . |
| 15 | ‘ All I could see was this big black torpedo trying to bite my leg off ’ |
| 16 | There was a big rubber mark on Alain 's fairing , and all I could see was this big black torpedo trying to bite my leg off . ’ |
| 17 | All I could see |
| 18 | Staring across the glistening cobbles , all I could see in every direction was early Georgian domestic architecture … each house drab , but dignified , untouched virtually in all its details . ’ |
| 19 | All I could see was the posts and the exact spot centrally between them where I was going to touch down . |
| 20 | We finished our meal in silence , and when I looked out of the window , all I could see was darkness and snow . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , all I could see were violet eyes and a wide smile , and , after a few weeks of being slowly driven to distraction by your lovely ghost following me around , I decided to come to England . |
| 22 | All I could see were feet and legs , and they looked enormous . |
| 23 | All I could see were a pair of white legs wrapped round a creaking great torso and the royal arse going up and down like a pair of bellows whilst the ‘ Oohs ’ and ‘ Ahs ’ were chorused by Henry 's groans of lustful delight . |
| 24 | ‘ All I could see was the lights of the car coming straight for me . |
| 25 | I sneaked a glance to my left but all I could see was a rather attractive young nurse wheeling a chair-ridden white-haired old dear down the corridor towards us . |
| 26 | Apart from the desklamp that was shining in my face , all I could see was darkness . |
| 27 | All I could see , that I now remember , was this fellow in blue overalls wandering down the street outside , drinking a can of Coca Cola . |
| 28 | All I could see was Death , beckoning and grinning before me . |
| 29 | And er the car arrives I looked all I could see was mother sitting in the car and puffing this smoke puffing out through the window |
| 30 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |