Example sentences of "[modal v] see [noun sg] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bernice could see Legion 's body splitting into a firework display of multi-coloured fronds , and slowly drawing together into a hairy black ovoid supported by three pipe-cleaner legs .
2 I could see Sister 's point .
3 He could see Fiver 's hills plainly now , greenish-grey and seeming close in the rain-laden air .
4 I mean alright , you can see mum 's point in one respect , because she works nine till six every day .
5 At the same time , though , I can see Mother 's side of it , at least on this one point , for she has n't considered herself as being just a housekeeper all these years , she 's felt mistress of the place , and she 's going to miss it . ’
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