Example sentences of "he [modal v] see the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |
| 2 | At the edge of his flashlight beam he could see the dampened flowers , flattened now by the steady fall of rain . |
| 3 | From the meadow edge , he could see the rear windows of the cabin . |
| 4 | As she leaned forward to twitch another grape from the bunch and almost toss it into her mouth he could see the faint freckles which smudged the dark forehead , the glisten of hairs above a carved upper lip . |
| 5 | Through the mist he could see the vague outlines of the priory church and followed its outline round to the ruined oak stump where Lady Eleanor had received her mysterious messages . |
| 6 | Through the heavy fretwork of its top windows he could see the towering minarets of the Bab es Zuweyla , and from the box window of the storey below , where he was standing when Sesostris approached , he had a good view along the street in both directions . |
| 7 | He could see the separate strands of spray thrown aside by the bows and make out the shadow of the helmsman in the wheelhouse . |
| 8 | He could see the wide windows giving a view over the river as far as Tower Bridge , the huge bed , Amy 's curved body striped with bands of sunlight from the slatted wooden blinds . |
| 9 | Now he could see the faded curtains inside the shed and the crowded shelves beyond . |
| 10 | In his rear-view mirror he could see the glaring eyes and twisted blood smeared mouth of his assailant , and he could feel the pressure of the gun muzzle behind his right ear . |
| 11 | The car was a wide-bodied machine , and he thought he could see the unmistakable markings of a Mercedes . |
| 12 | When he peeped through the gap he could see the big half-pillars supporting the lintel , the rounded stone steps leading down to the paved walkway and the wilderness of garden beyond . |
| 13 | The houses were shaded clear against the ground : on the hills he could see the white lines of the new walls they were building like netting all over the high ground ; from the direction of the lake he heard an occasional voice , as sharp as the crack of a pistol . |
| 14 | He would be heard out , and he would see the shaking heads , and he would be told that facilities and staff were tied down , knotted down , on Trident . |