Example sentences of "i could [adv] see [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there I could see the other islands , and I could also see a boat , far out to sea . |
| 2 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 3 | I could also see the rock that Neil had pointed out to me , still half out of water . |
| 4 | I could also see the potential that Llanbrynmair had to offer ( it took Carole a little longer to see te potential ) and was very eager to start renovation . |
| 5 | I could also see the spire of the Church of Scotland in Porteneil , and some smoke coming up from the town chimneys . |
| 6 | They had turned back to Sicily and I could n't see a formation but spotted a straggler who , curiously enough , was flying diagonally across our line of approach and not heading pell-mell for home . |
| 7 | Some obvious and important matters were left to one side for years because I could n't see a way forward , or had no time to do the experiments — or could n't find the funds to buy the equipment or chemicals needed . |
| 8 | At first I could n't see a way of getting to the bus station at two o'clock in the afternoon because we were never free at that time , but my chance came quite unexpectedly . |
| 9 | I could n't see a car . |
| 10 | I could n't see a thing . |
| 11 | It was very packed in there but I could n't see a lot of anything . |
| 12 | No matter where I looked I could n't see a gleam of light . |
| 13 | I could n't see the cab at all . |
| 14 | And er then of course when I got better It hit me all on the head and that well Then er when I went back to school they found out as I could n't see the board properly . |
| 15 | ‘ Like him , I could n't see the putt drop in but the gallery 's roar said it all . ’ |
| 16 | It was hard to tell what the tide was doing , for I could n't see the shore , but each time the anchor held the dinghy would be carried one way or the other to the extent of her scope . |
| 17 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 18 | And when it was so deep I could n't see the bottom , Old Bolton 's prize sow , you know the one who had borne so many litters , there was no space atween her belly and the ground . |
| 19 | I could n't see the logic of this except that it protected Thatcher from any hint of ‘ doing deals with terrorists ’ . |
| 20 | But I could n't see the moon or the stars , only the gloomy sky . |
| 21 | Fielding suggested calling it Good Money in the States and Bad Money in Europe , but I could n't see the percentage in that . |
| 22 | I could n't see the clock — I did n't know they even had a clock . |
| 23 | I could n't see the head of the column , only the swinging lantern carried by the leader . |
| 24 | When I looked up , cradling the gun and gasping , my backside sunk in sand , I could n't see the rabbit . |
| 25 | I could n't see the point … ’ |
| 26 | I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either . |
| 27 | I could n't see the point of it any more . |
| 28 | I could n't see the point of rushing into it . |
| 29 | He said it was quieter in there , but I could n't see the lay-by from his room and after a bit I went outside . |
| 30 | Mental arithmetic and reading and I also had er er take an eye test because they said if there was a train accident and I could n't see the signal whether it was red or green or whatever , you see , you never know . |