Example sentences of "could see [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms . |
| 2 | Peering in , she could see one of the astronauts . |
| 3 | I would n't speak to him all the evening , or look at the things he 'd bought , even though I could see one of them was a picture-frame . |
| 4 | From our bedroom window you could see one of the mountains . |
| 5 | Given the triumph of fundamentalist Islam in Iran and the strength of similar forces in Afghanistan , many who saw no justification for Soviet intervention in law in 1979 could see one on grounds of ‘ national security ’ : much as such justifications were offered for the flagrantly illegal annexations of western Poland , the Baltic republics , Bessarabia , northern Bukovina and parts of Finnish territory in 1939–40 . |
| 6 | ‘ I could see that for myself , ’ said Charles . |
| 7 | It looked quite small from this angle and one could see all of the bicycle factory . |
| 8 | What did it matter if the change in posture meant she could see all of his chest now , the hard planes , the well-defined muscles ? |
| 9 | She could see little of him , only his tall body , lean against the light . |
| 10 | I think my eyes bulged and my buttocks clenched in reflex , but there was a fair amount of surprise there as I could see both of Sally 's hands on the handles of the wheelchair . |
| 11 | Marie could see another of them , almost buried by brambles , about twenty feet away . |
| 12 | ‘ I know that , my darling and I only wish I could see more of you and the children . |
| 13 | ‘ I only wish we could see more of your family . ’ |
| 14 | He could see more of mine , because I had swung round during that last exchange . |
| 15 | And er we used to look if we could see some on the side of the mountains from the distances you could pick it out with a pick them out with er with this telescope it was a heck of a good telescope , aye . |
| 16 | I could see some of the other sprinters jogging around — Carl , Ben , Ray , Calvin — and gave one or two a wave . |
| 17 | And when we could see some of these coming we did n't have the resources the agencies to head it off . |
| 18 | Down in the street he could see some of his men . |
| 19 | Yeah , he did say you could see some of it |
| 20 | The Prince galloped past the deserted Gemioncourt farm , through a bivouacked Dutch brigade , and did not rein in till he had passed the forward Dutch picquets and could see clear down the paved highway into the village of Frasnes . |
| 21 | She could see clear across the water to the smashed dome of the Pleasure Gardens at New Brighton . |
| 22 | Looking down into them , she could see clean into his soul . |