Example sentences of "could see that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had dyed black hair that looked like cotton wool dipped in liquid boot polish , her face was thin and feral-looking , and through the flimsy see-through negligee George could see that under her arms was enough hair to make a pair of identical wigs . |
| 2 | The bar was full , I could see that through the saloon window and I went round to the yard at the rear . |
| 3 | Any fool could see that with the ledgers and papers destroyed there was nothing to substantiate any misdealings with the accounts . |
| 4 | On his way he passed the main drive , and he could see that at the end of it the gates were open . |
| 5 | His manner was kind but official , and I could see that for some reason Aunt Louise distrusted him and was even a little afraid of him . |
| 6 | He had opted for the cynical , guarded approach , and now he could see that for all the safety it had brought him — here he was , in his second year , still solvent , heart intact , unmugged and even succeeding in his studies , despite all his mother 's fears — every defence had its price , and he had paid in a separating distance , incomprehension . |
| 7 | If you climbed high enough , you could see that inside it , held with its glistening petals was a pool of water . |
| 8 | They give us something , and you could see that against Norwich , ’ he added . |
| 9 | I could see that from the way his knuckles whitened around the telephone . |
| 10 | I DO NT BLEEDIN BELEEEEEEEEEVE IT ! ! ! ! 10 Yards offside , you could see that from here The linesmans flag ? |
| 11 | The touch of his fingers on hers was playing havoc with her ability to think straight , and she knew he could see that from the faint gleam in his eyes , the way his hand tightened around hers . |
| 12 | The boys could see that in reception classes , as in the all-in village school of a few generations ago , only one teacher taught all subjects to children between twelve and sixteen . |
| 13 | I thought that I had finished third , but when I studied the television slow-motion replay on the stadium scoreboard I could see that in fact Ray had won the bronze medal . |
| 14 | It seemed like a good idea at the time , but that time , I could feel , was running out , and I could see that in a very few years it would have run . |
| 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 | It was over as soon as it had happened , and as he turned in panic he could see that in reality she was exactly as before … except that she was looking at him now in a way that was more detached , stepping back as if to observe whatever he was going to do next . |
| 17 | And to her horror she could see that in her haste to come and speak to him she had only buttoned the bottom two buttons , and the way she was sitting , crouching forward slightly , one smooth , firm breast was entirely exposed . |
| 18 | As they rounded the edge of the building , he could see that behind the house was a vast garden . |