Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 2 | One even had a flagpole and over the top of the trees below I could see the Union Jack fluttering . |
| 3 | If only I could see you – just once ? all our drams , Vincent , where are they ? |
| 4 | If only I could see him before next week . |
| 5 | ‘ If only I could see it as a tourist one day , ’ she said wistfully . |
| 6 | Having been up a ladder , only I could see how easy it is , you could fall off a ladder as simply as anything . |
| 7 | After a hundred yards or so I could see behind me the whole cliffed extent of the headland , and the house . |
| 8 | yeah and so I could see the blokes and tell them that were crap at rugby ! |
| 9 | At eight o'clock I could see the faces of the audience well enough , but by and by the room became quite dark , and I seemed to be addressing an audience of silent and attentive ghosts . |
| 10 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 11 | If only she could see the good work they are doing there among young people . |
| 12 | If only she could see what an act it was , how scared Lucy was now feeling deep inside . |
| 13 | Only she could see him , a gash of red streaking over the pasture . |
| 14 | Sometimes I saw her there , singing or talking quietly to herself , and I thought perhaps she could see the people in her secret world of Gondal , and was talking to them . |
| 15 | And so , if she twisted round , perhaps she could see back to her own world , to the meadow … what was it called ? |
| 16 | He was wrapped in so much of the duvet all she could see was the top of his head . |
| 17 | And when she went into the garden all she could see were some fading lupins and irises , not enough to fill one vase . |
| 18 | So you could see out any time you wanted . |
| 19 | So you could see the pattern yourself and make it easier and a lot of the time at school when the teacher 's telling you , Why do n't you do it this way ? they 're not trying to make it harder for you . |
| 20 | So you could see Jim . |
| 21 | Perhaps we could see that ? |
| 22 | But still we kept saying if only we could see ourselves on the video , that would help us . |
| 23 | So we had to go past this little shed which is right up right up this stupid grass earthy bank right over the side so we could see quickly how to get in . |
| 24 | and we could because the backs come together we could see the kitchen which was |
| 25 | If only they could see me in the office now I 'd turn more than a few heads . |
| 26 | Now they were in midstream they could see the new bridge more clearly . |
| 27 | I often think er and then of course you see if , if they er the airmen , their wives used to try and get er digs near where the aerodromes were so they could see their menfolk . |
| 28 | So they could see how bad |
| 29 | His eyes opened wide , and suddenly he could see Kirov in a new light . |
| 30 | Far below he could see the lacework shadow of the Forth bridge on the glittering estuary and the long dark lines of the cruisers Edinburgh , Southampton , and further out , the destroyer Mohawk , under way for Rosyth after convoy duty . |