Example sentences of "[pers pn] could see [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Badly , that is , if you were the owner , for I could see from the outside that the shelves provided loads of blind spots for shoplifters well out of sight of the cash till . |
| 2 | I could see from the four small puncture marks on Fenella 's wrist that she had tried to stroke him during lunch . |
| 3 | I had to see Helen , After all , she was just over that hill which I could see from the top windows of the Grand . |
| 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 | His jacket fell open , revealing the strong contours of his chest under the thin white cotton of his shirt , and Fran found her eyes drawn to the faint shadow of body hair she could see beneath the thin fabric . |
| 6 | What little hair he had shone with a silver sheen in the lamplight and she could see in the crumpled , brick-red face , the likeness of Stephen . |
| 7 | Soon we could see Rona in detail and skirting Gealldruig Mhor , the outlying skerry to the south , we could see by the white-based cliffs that a heavy swell was running . |
| 8 | Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants . |
| 9 | I had to admit my first impression was not quite what I had expected : instead of bold cliffs and mountain peaks , all we could see from the heaving deck of the boat was a seemingly endless beach of black shingle fringed by white breakers . |
| 10 | You did n't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape . |
| 11 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 12 | The ships they could see on the right side of the aircraft were returning from a rehearsal for the service of remembrance that was held on the ocean every year . |
| 13 | He could see into the empty exercise yard . |
| 14 | And when the platform emptied , he could see at the very end of it , a forlorn figure sitting all by herself . |
| 15 | Philip Heslop QC , counsel for club chairman Alan Sugar , said January , 1994 , was the earliest date he could see for the full hearing of the dispute between Mr Sugar and Spurs ' chief executive Terry Venables . |
| 16 | Masklin waded through the puddles on the concrete so that he could see down the far side of the aircraft . |
| 17 | Although it may have taken only an instant , the person to whom this sentence refers had to make the logical jump from what he could see of the possible escape routes open to him to the realization that flight was impossible . |
| 18 | It perhaps reveals Gedge 's ever-growing confidence that he could see beyond the macho nonsense and enjoy himself . |
| 19 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 20 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |