Example sentences of "you could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | So high that you could see everything . |
| 2 | In the heart of the vast city , Daddy again , his brown eyes bright , you could see his sparse hair growing down by the minute into the Hippie pigtail he 'd been too young or too old and always too respectable to wear … |
| 3 | In the gym the weights must be light and movements explosive ; for example you could see how many repetitions you can perform in 10 seconds and then try to beat that amount . |
| 4 | As with most good tumbles , you could see this one coming a mile off — and could do nothing to prevent the inevitable . |
| 5 | Among the celebrating parties , you could see … those that were cheering for la France and de Gaulle , others for Stalin , others for el-Hussaini ( the Palestinian grand mufti ) , but you could scarcely see any that were cheering for Lebanon . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It was hard to believe the change you could see by moving just a couple of kilometres out of West Germany , one of the richest countries in the world . ’ |
| 7 | With that skirt , you could see everything she had . |
| 8 | You could see his brain working I must be able to do something about this , he was thinking , but there was no rule against hair colour , only length . |
| 9 | About the only place you could see them was on the scrap heap . |
| 10 | Then , when you got inside , you could see how this man had come to run something as bizarre as The Alternative Miss World — with its transvestites and concept artists . |
| 11 | Madeleine said she did n't mind , but you could see his lordship was going down like a dose of castor oil . |
| 12 | You could see Dunwoody was conserving Royal Cedar 's energy , however , and asking for an effort approaching the second last he rose fractionally in front and was well on top at the line , having 2 ½ lengths to spare over the gallant Durham Edition who was trying to give 18lb . |
| 13 | UNSUITABLE FOR A FAMILY NEWSPAPER Veil of secrecy ‘ You could see right through his trousers , ’ said the British judge Vanessa Riley . |
| 14 | The bright brown eyes rested on her and you could see written all over his face the jealousy that this girl , daughter to some man , was still alive while his child was gone . |
| 15 | Massless electron neutrinos spin only one way : if you could see one coming towards you , it would always appear to be spinning clockwise . |
| 16 | He 'd scared him , you could see that . |
| 17 | The boy got up and you could see he was still nervous . |
| 18 | You could see he 'd spotted where the stone had landed . |
| 19 | You could see that . |
| 20 | The stairs were the kind you could see through . |
| 21 | You could see she liked that . |
| 22 | They would be a better bet — you could see what you were getting . |
| 23 | If you could see your way to writing the first chapters of an autobiography I would be honoured to read it and give you my thoughts on the subject . |
| 24 | So you could see out any time you wanted . |
| 25 | Then came the snow and she had to stay in and watch from the window how it piled up against the water butt , how it lay like a blanket along the sills , how it changed the distance from bluey brown to white as far as you could see . |
| 26 | Further down the coast you could see the dock tower , tall and elegant , rising out of the squat warehouse buildings around it . |
| 27 | It needed bleaching again , you could see the black roots . |
| 28 | From the top you could see right over the seaside resort out into the countryside beyond . |
| 29 | ‘ And you could see him sort of recline back in the chair … he was visibly surprised . ’ |
| 30 | You have to code the numbers of the athletes and they are supposed to be on the inside so you ca n't read them , but they were outside so you could — you could see which one was from Krabbe , Breuer and Moller . |