Example sentences of "[pers pn] can see [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see all these sparks and flashes — red and blue fireworks going off . |
| 2 | I can see that extra line on his forehead . |
| 3 | [ I can see that little bastard of a chaplain laughing again . |
| 4 | You can see many different bird species on the canal . |
| 5 | Once mastered , once you can see that Saxon reeve plodding along with his staff or the Celt ploughing his ancient lynchet , you 'll begin to understand your own mortality . |
| 6 | You can see that modern health care has made no difference , so you ca n't say it was anything to do with health care . |
| 7 | I mean , you can see that red bush in the corner quite clear now ! |
| 8 | And um , if you 'd like to have a look at this book , Utility Furniture and Fashion , later you can see some more utility clothes . |
| 9 | The tops of the stubble are hard and sharp and you can see these little bits sticking up , firm and short . |
| 10 | You can see this typical shape in some house plants , such as weeping fig . |
| 11 | ‘ Looking over this table ’ , Mr Frye observes , ‘ we can see that European fiction , during the last fifteen centuries , has steadily moved its center of gravity down the list ’ — so much so that , as has been remarked of The Hobbit , the co-existence of ‘ romance ’ characters like Thorin Oakenshield with ‘ ironic heroes ’ like Bilbo Baggins is immediately comic and only after many adventures rises to gravity . |
| 12 | Thus , we can see little practical use , in the analysis of discourse , for the notion of logical presupposition which Keenan ( 1971 : 45 ) describes in the following way : |
| 13 | There 's a really big dog there because you can see its legs and we can see some human legs , or at least boots . |
| 14 | Later , we shall see that in all the new churches that are being planted we can see some common features , or vital signs : the priority of worship , of covenant relationships , of evangelism and of training . |
| 15 | Where excavations have been carried out , or detailed research conducted , we can see this central role manifested in the type and size of buildings on the site . |