Example sentences of "but [pron] could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was a tiredness resulting from the previous 14 pitches , but I could see no way of free climbing it at less than E5 , and I was n't good enough for that , not now . |
| 2 | It was something that had to be said but I could see that Aunt Louise did not like it , or even accept the idea . |
| 3 | but I could see no special contact between them . |
| 4 | I pressed my head close against one comer of the barred window trying to see who was speaking , but I could see no-one . |
| 5 | It was too cold to push my face far out of my sleeping bag but I could see the yellow damp stain , like a map , on the wall opposite , and the little nest of cobwebs in a comer of the ceiling . |
| 6 | But I could see with my inner eye the form of my Lord Krishna , seated before Arjuna in the chariot on the battlefield of Kurukshetra , and I heard the sublime thoughts , and this filled my eyes with tears of joy and love . ' ’ |
| 7 | Her breasts were covered now , but I could see the shape of the aureoles through the wet fabric . |
| 8 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 9 | But I could see he looked sad as he added , ‘ I think it 'll be fer the best fer all of us . ’ |
| 10 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 11 | I admired Venables , his flamboyant style and attitude , but I could see the dangers in the temptations of life in London and I regretfully turned down the move . |
| 12 | But I could see he was perfectly serious . |
| 13 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |
| 14 | Ewen 's were wide , injured , unbelieving ; Neil 's stony , but I could see the effort that kept them level . |
| 15 | Sun flower limping , water less vase , suffering eyes , desperados in caged , so from , from that painting I had a tremendous feel of something undergoing tremendous suffering and seem very desperate about the situation , and I did n't just see that in , in the picture of Van Gogh , but I could see that in the sun flower , so as , as a writer its images like that , that I would look for and open up and turn into characters or a way of portraying a particular mood , erm , the next one , were doing very well |
| 16 | The others looked at him almost in disbelief , but I could see that he had been thinking very carefully . |
| 17 | But I could see I had lost his attention . |
| 18 | We smiled and talked politely , but I could see the anger in his black eyes . |
| 19 | I looked round for my friends , but I could see nobody . |
| 20 | But I could see that the moon above my head was really on the wane . |
| 21 | I did n't really understand what she was saying , but I could see that she despised me . |
| 22 | But I could see nothing anomalous , no movement . |
| 23 | He grimaced , but I could see he was not unpleased , though he tried to hide it by marching me off to give his vegetables their evening watering . |
| 24 | I know that Eric was interested in seeing a panzer division on the move and being so close to the enemy but I could see him getting paler and paler , probably at the thought of what would happen if we were stopped . |
| 25 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 26 | ‘ Naturally , but I could see that he was merely dismissing them as the ravings of an hysterical woman . |
| 27 | It 's right , it 's correct it is minus twelve but I could see you were really not very sure what you should be doing about that , that 's great , you 've found , you 've got that down to there , let's have a little look at the number line , zero , one , two , three and so on , minus one , minus two , minus three , minus four . |
| 28 | Their rule is perfect and effective at the practical level , but I could see no way of passing its benefits on , of helping or involving others . |
| 29 | But I could see what you were thinking . |
| 30 | She made a lot of conventional noises , of course ; she had to because you ca n't have Rose and Grace getting any sillier than they are already and they might have taken it into their heads to copy you , but I could see she thought you had real spirit . |