Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] see for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see for miles . |
| 2 | The evening ‘ tide ’ had gone out and I could see for miles . |
| 3 | ‘ I can see for miles . ’ |
| 4 | it 's cold up here but I can see for miles |
| 5 | From the slight incline where she sat she could see for miles the neatly sown fields , the healthy crops and the spotless cattle . |
| 6 | She was to discover that she could see for miles from the attic windows — almost the whole of Bristol . |
| 7 | From its windows she could see for miles , across fields and trees to the aerodrome beyond . |
| 8 | She could see for miles . |
| 9 | As he got older , his impatience , with Rupe and its littleness , its brutality , its poverty , could not be appeased ; you could see for miles around from its position , and you could see nothing . |
| 10 | Now trick films were the sort of first visual magic that the cinema could produce and erm these , these films you would see for example a motor car disintegrate and then reassemble itself , this kind of thing , people 's clothes change , drop off and a new set of garments would come on , all this sort of thing , people 's faces would change , their environment would change , their chairs would collapse under them and rebuild themselves , this sort of thing which could be done relatively easily once you knew how to do it . |
| 11 | I mean there 's not many discos round here what you can see for kids . |
| 12 | And it even happens where the clays which overlie the chalk , the tertiary clays which you can see for example in the top of the cliffs at Newhaven , and if you look back at the cliff from the western breakwater for example you can see clay sitting on top of chalk . |
| 13 | By day you can see for miles , and at night the moon shines brightly out of cloudless skies . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , a penthouse is like any other home , only it 's right up on top of a building and you can see for miles and miles just by looking out of your sitting room window . ’ |
| 15 | On a cloudless day you can see for miles . |
| 16 | Everywhere you stand , you can see for miles in straight food lines . |
| 17 | I 'm sure there are some amazing restaurants up here , some incredible mirador where you can see for miles and dine by moonlight . ’ |
| 18 | Whatever , 8 Storey Window are star-gazing and they can see for miles . |
| 19 | They wore clothes that he thought beautiful , when he could see for envy : jackets with Napoleonic pockets , trousers cut so that they reached the ground at the back , pink shirts , print ties . |
| 20 | As Creggan turned north away from the Park all he could see for miles ahead was the stretching city . |
| 21 | Harry looked into his glass as if he could see for miles and Charles nudged him back on to the subject . |