Example sentences of "[pron] could see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see straight through him to the muddy , catpaw marks on the back door . |
| 2 | well I thought if I could see just a little bit of er |
| 3 | The senior porter had said , ‘ Sign here , please , Nurse , ’ and been kind when he had to wait until I could see well enough to sign that No. 4 was David Alistair Grant from Arthur Ward . |
| 4 | The whole world fell away beneath us as we soared upwards , and leaning back and enjoying it I watched the little valley unfold along its twisting length until I could see away into the main Dale with the great hills billowing round and white into the dark clouds . |
| 5 | until I could see physically they have rebuilt it , I mean I wo n't even say yes we 'll do it if you do it , I 'm going to say you do it and we 'll give you a |
| 6 | From my vantage-point I could see exactly where the accident had happened , about sixty yards from the summit , as the cops had left a portable barrier with yellow flashing lights on top to mark the spot . |
| 7 | I knocked on it but it was so dilapidated that I could see right through the door frame and into a large room where a man was sitting in a kitchen chair , dressed in trousers and vest . |
| 8 | I could see right away Tom was looking for his caddie , and so I thought , ‘ This is it — do or die . ’ |
| 9 | And I could see right across the fields and right across the Menai Straits onto Beaumarais . |
| 10 | I could see partially out of the right eye . ’ |
| 11 | Worse , I could see clearly the image of Mala clinging to him within the circle of the powerful golden arm . |
| 12 | I could see again her broad smile under her burgah . |
| 13 | The doctor had helped ; I could see again . |
| 14 | The light suddenly was n't so bright and I could see again . |
| 15 | I could see now that they were Royal Marine Commandos , No. 46 Commando of 4th Commando Brigade . |
| 16 | I could see now , in the better light , that a long mirror was on the wall directly over the bed . |
| 17 | Without my glasses I could see very little , certainly insufficient to tell the difference between a good kidney and a bad one . |
| 18 | I recently read the A B C of Homeworking , it was quite never mind , I ca n't say the damn word , I could see very clearly , the potential for injury and exposure to other hazards is frightening . |
| 19 | At first it was behind Claypole Ridge , and I could see only the top of it , the smallest smudge . |
| 20 | Even before the film had wound on , he 'd looked down and away , so that I could see only his forehead and his grey hair ; and within two seconds , he 'd walked towards the grandstand and out of my line of vision . |
| 21 | As I picked it up , I could see only one word — dead … |
| 22 | And in his yellow eyes I could see only hate and evil . |
| 23 | From where I stood , I could see only that sharp-cut face of his , blurred by dark and passion . |
| 24 | The L N E R and L M S. And er I could see then that I knew that superintendent in the private days of the railways . |
| 25 | There are spacious arcades and galleries on all sides of the square , and on these I could see nobly sculpted medallions of famous Spaniards . |
| 26 | I could see about 45 eggs in all . |
| 27 | After a while I could see dimly by the light filtering through the sacking hung over the two narrow slits which are the Bunker 's only windows . |
| 28 | ‘ I went to look and though it was pretty dark I could see enough . |
| 29 | It was open and I could see inside and the closed loo door took on the semblance of the Berlin Wall . |
| 30 | On the plain I could see long , black , sinuous lines of wildebeest , hundreds of thousands of them , constantly on the move . |