Example sentences of "could see [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could seen as a graphical art exercise achieved by astute utilisation of a drawing package . |
| 2 | The ‘ magic ’ medium in this endearing space-hopper device is Siporax , claimed to work wonders in nitrate-removal , though my levels stuck resolutely at 30ppm and all I could seen in terms of visual improvement was a better class of blanketweed : sort of lusher , nar mean ? |
| 3 | But Hitler made world Christianity something that for a moment even people in the pews could see as an expression of peace , and amity , and human rights , and the moral law in politics . |
| 4 | Joanne began to focus on what she could see as the positive aspects of the new approach , and while she did not specifically identify them as such , they were related to the process objectives within the scheme of work . |
| 5 | Electrons you could see as tiny planets orbiting round an even tinier sun . |
| 6 | Masklin waded through the puddles on the concrete so that he could see down the far side of the aircraft . |
| 7 | He could see down the road to No. 22 . |
| 8 | And I could see during the week this was , in the mornings you know , say about eight or nine to ten in the morning , and I could see the figures of the ladies there , cleaning the windows in the morning . |
| 9 | I could see without action my case would just be forgotten about |
| 10 | He could see over the tops of the trees of the demesne ; over bog and river and plain to the distant Partry mountains . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish I could see over them walls . |
| 12 | A head of black silky hair came very slowly over the top of the rail until two dark cherry-like eyes could see over the top . |
| 13 | I took a step forward so I could see over the edge . |
| 14 | She still called it that ; and indeed , beyond the line of evergreen trees beside the main road south of the Lebanese city of Tyre , I could see above the coastline a faint , thin grey line of hills inside Galilee on the other side of the Israeli frontier . |
| 15 | She could see under the beds , a pair of shoes standing harmlessly under each one in no dust . |
| 16 | Slowly , in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs , Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest . |
| 17 | I looked at my watch , the time was just after 11 p.m. and I could see through the doorway the rain was still driving hard . |
| 18 | In the middle of the long teak dining table lay Lilian Hatton 's wedding hat , an elaborate confection of satin leaves and tulle as green and fresh as the real leaves he could see through the picture window in the Kingsbrook meadows . |
| 19 | All you could see through the gap was a strip of wall and half a fridge . |
| 20 | The windows were fairly clean — well , you could see through them — the layer of dust on the woodwork was thinner than usual and the compartment was reasonably warm . |
| 21 | They were not very young , and from the back-slapping and laughter I could see through the glass rear doors in fine form . |
| 22 | Eyeless men could see through psychic eyes . |
| 23 | I could see through ( men 's ) eyes but I could feel with her body . |
| 24 | The window in the bedroom was very small and all he could see through it were the roof-tops lit , as the previous night , by a full moon . |
| 25 | Ruth noticed , with a tightening of the throat , that she could see through the glass rubble . |
| 26 | It would , I hoped , create the illusion that you could see through the base , dispelling any impression there was an operator inside . ’ |
| 27 | That she could see through him as if he was glass . |
| 28 | After we had mounted the third hill , we found the country one continued village , tho' mountainous every way , as before ; hardly a house standing out of a speaking distance from another , and … we could see that almost at every house there was a tenter , and almost on every tenter a piece of cloth , or kersie , or shalloon , for they are three articles of that country 's labour ; from which the sun glancing , and , as I may say , shining ( the white reflecting its rays ) to us , I thought it was the most agreeable sight that I ever saw , for the hills , as I say , rising and falling so thick , and the valleys opening sometimes one way , sometimes another , so that sometimes we could see two or three miles this way , sometimes as far another ; sometimes like the streets near St Giles 's , called the Seven Dials ; we could see through the glades almost every way round us , yet look which way we would , high to the tops , and low to the bottoms , it was all the same ; innumerable houses and tenters , and a white piece upon every tenter . |
| 29 | Behind her on the altar was a reliquary in which Frederica could see through glass a bone or two — a shin , a forearm ? |
| 30 | One moment she was running and dodging through the striations of ice and carmine and sloe , with the fear that the walls of Spiderglass could see through the ancient cliffs of Mars to where she finally crouched , exhausted . |