Example sentences of "[det] [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 She was ready , just by that you could see she looked better .
3 There are spacious arcades and galleries on all sides of the square , and on these I could see nobly sculpted medallions of famous Spaniards .
4 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 .
5 All I could see of the explosion was this huge cloud of dust .
6 Now all I could see was spray .
7 All I could see was the blue sky and miles of undulating grit scored by tyre-tracks .
8 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 .
9 All I could see , as usual , with my untrained eye , were blobs and shadows .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 He was wearing a balaclava so all I could see was his eyes .
13 All I could see was this big black torpedo trying to bite my leg off ’
14 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 . ’
15 All I could see
16 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 . ’
17 All I could see was the posts and the exact spot centrally between them where I was going to touch down .
18 We finished our meal in silence , and when I looked out of the window , all I could see was darkness and snow .
19 ‘ 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 .
20 All I could see were feet and legs , and they looked enormous .
21 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 .
22 All I could see was the lights of the car coming straight for me .
23 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 .
24 Apart from the desklamp that was shining in my face , all I could see was darkness .
25 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 .
26 All I could see was Death , beckoning and grinning before me .
27 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
28 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
29 She tried joining her mind to the millions of people everywhere glued to screens for this all important match but all she could see was Colm 's pudgy little legs swinging backwards and forwards and the grim look on his face as she washed away the crusted blood .
30 She looked down it : all she could see was blackness .
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