Example sentences of "can [adv] see [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ca n't see through the glass because of condensation , remove the lid for a few days . |
| 2 | A TRIBE of pygmies has been banned from driving after 37 accidents in Zaire — as they ca n't see over the dashboard . |
| 3 | I ca n't see your house ; I ca n't see who 's having chips in Mario 's ; I ca n't see over the hill to Westlands . |
| 4 | But I ca n't see into the future ’ . |
| 5 | I ca n't see into the future in the way you said your Aunt Liti could do , but I 'm certain of this , for I feel it in my bones . |
| 6 | ‘ Just the branches … ca n't see to the end of the tunnel in either direction . |
| 7 | The writer complained that the City of London ‘ is essentially blind ’ , contains few Christians and ‘ ca n't see beyond the end of its ( hooked ) nose ’ ( emphasis in original ) . |
| 8 | Sorry I ca n't , I ca n't see against the window |
| 9 | I ca n't see in the dark . |
| 10 | They can obviously see in the future |
| 11 | The Ego is the limited , separated , illusory self which can not see beyond the end of its own nose . |
| 12 | You can just see at the end you know at the end , it fills like a , a little little splodge of wee . |
| 13 | Sandy Island , which you can just see on the horizon from the Beach Restaurant , looks just like a cartoonist 's typical desert island sketch . |
| 14 | It was the same hexagonal design as any of the thousands you can still see along the South Coast or that you suddenly come across in the wilds of East Anglia for no apparent reason until you realize that the fields you 're driving through were once airfields littered with empty Lucky Strike packets and B52 bombers . |
| 15 | The village was very isolated in the past , and until the road down into Curral das Freiras was built in 1959 , the only access was down the narrow , twisting , tortuous path which you can still see from the village . |
| 16 | ‘ Some days I can hardly see down the road at all and with all these people parking I just ca n't get through . |
| 17 | That this is a big paddock , and in the bottom of the right hand corner , if you stand on the road looking at it , there is a triangle of land that is tucked away , that you can hardly see from the roadside , that in my opinion is sufficiently secluded and sufficiently near to other services to allow us to go out to consultation . |
| 18 | Yes , Vatican Two , has been very significant , but nobody can quite see at the moment which direction it 's going to leave us going in . |
| 19 | In some places on exceptionally clear days you can almost see from the south to the north coast . |
| 20 | You can drive past it , you can actually see from the roadway . |