Example sentences of "they could see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could see a man with a ladder up against the cinema putting up the new poster , and the small round figure of Peggy Pine coming out of her dress shop to stand and look admiringly at her window display . |
| 2 | From here they could see a light from an inner window of the gatehouse . |
| 3 | On approaching the pub they could see a figure in a black T-shirt with white lettering through the opaque glass of the gents ' toilet . |
| 4 | They could see a difference between imperialist war and imperialist peace , and they fervently believed that , even short of the revolution , their own actions might be capable of preventing another Great War . |
| 5 | They could see a lot of lorries , and a lot of men were working there , building the new town . |
| 6 | There seemed to be lights glowing behind the Worm 's flesh , and dimly , very dimly , they could see a room with beds closely grouped together . |
| 7 | But still they could see no sign of it . |
| 8 | They could see no enemy in the long-shadowed landscape , but they knew the ambushers had to be close . |
| 9 | From their vantage point they could see the whole of their world . |
| 10 | They could see the patchwork of new fabric over old , where the repairs had n't been painted yet . |
| 11 | In a tough speech to the Crime Reporters ' Association he said the IRA would cease their evil trade if they could see the level of public support given to the police — much of it from the Irish community . |
| 12 | They could see the outline of the Wheel plainly enough now , floating just level with the surface of the water , draped with clinging weeds . |
| 13 | Raynor made a warning movement , but the creature was before him , and in the uncertain light they could see the gleam of moonlight on bare sinewy thighs , which quivered with strength and intent to spring … |
| 14 | The French , like the Austrians and the Russians , were quite ready to consider the exclusion of the Turks from Serbia and , indeed , from all their European provinces , if they could see an advantage for themselves , but they also saw the danger of a disastrous confrontation if any of them moved before the time was ripe . |