Example sentences of "[that] [pron] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bodies would look sordid and ugly , dressed in old , rather soiled nightshirts and laid in open-topped coffins , slightly tilted so that everyone could see the contents . |
| 2 | Then , without warning , she grabbed hard and pulled it up into the air so that everyone could see what she was doing . |
| 3 | He rummaged under the counter and produced a colour chart , and , shoving the display-case of cakes to one side he flattened it out so that everyone could see and comment as they saw fit . |
| 4 | They hung it to an almond tree in the square by its ankles so that everyone could see it , and when it began to rot they burned it in a bonfire , for they could not determine whether its bastard nature was that of an animal to be thrown in the river or a human being to be buried … |
| 5 | Somehow it always righted itself and reached the front , where new hands seized it and raised it high so that everyone could see it . |
| 6 | Not that I could see anything when I arrived — it was covered in cloud . |
| 7 | I knocked on it but it was so dilapidated that I could see right through the door frame and into a large room where a man was sitting in a kitchen chair , dressed in trousers and vest . |
| 8 | There were in fact three different Cuzcos that I could see . |
| 9 | We were so close that I could see the unhappy mixture of terror and subservience in his face . |
| 10 | What I had so far seen of Binbrook held no charms for me — it was bare , isolated , and I did n't really want to seek out yet another Met Office with another set of people to get to know , now that the war was over , and there was no reason that I could see for us to continue plotting charts and reading instruments . |
| 11 | But he had no injuries that I could see . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Nobody that I could see . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Not that I could see . |
| 15 | From here I found , as I had hoped , that I could see down to the shore at the point where Neil had told me he wanted to work . |
| 16 | The battery was for a camping weekend — so that I could see at night . |
| 17 | It was so close that I could see the tiny ball of silk held between its front pair of legs and its jaws . |
| 18 | The few square inches of it that I could see were spoiled by the sticky red blood which had pooled out over them . |
| 19 | ‘ We made the front page ! ’ he exulted , holding the rag up so that I could see the headline : ‘ WOMAN DIES AT THEATRE ROYAL . |
| 20 | I spent a good while asking for something written down so that I could see what I was and was n't supposed to do , but that was a forlorn hope . |
| 21 | The handrail was visible for a yard or two more , so I figured the catwalk might still be passable ; beyond that I could see nothing . |
| 22 | Moved by an ancient sentiment as she cradled the dress , so that it lolled in her arms like someone drowned , she said that she was glad she had a daughter to wear it ; and I said , politely , that I could see it must be a pleasing economy . |
| 23 | You did n't know that I could see you , did you ? |
| 24 | It was almost dark when I found it and it was not until I arrived home that I could see its lovely design . |
| 25 | I even brought her here so that I could see your reaction to her , see if that spark of jealousy you 'd once felt towards her was still there . ’ |
| 26 | It may surprise you to know that I could see things from your point of view there . |
| 27 | ‘ Not that I could see . ’ |
| 28 | I pulled a corner of the curtain away from the window so that I could see out . |
| 29 | I took the only option that I could see was open to me , and I ran away into the desert . |
| 30 | Many books lay open , carelessly scattered about , so that I could see how Frankenstein had scribbled notes in their margins . |