Example sentences of "can see [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My medlar will be planted where I can see its pure white blossom in spring and watch its autumn leaves turn crimson . |
| 2 | Type your document directly into the window , where you can see its full width all the time . |
| 3 | An alternative — and theoretically the more sound approach — is a ‘ demand-led ’ strategy in which general managers are committed to investment in development because they can see its importance . |
| 4 | While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending . |
| 5 | Each Baby Bell can see its local-exchange monopoly coming under increasing pressure from cellular companies , private-line operators and nimble intermediaries offering customers alternative ways to reach long-distance operators . |
| 6 | It is rising fast — I swear I can see its motion — above the mountains . |
| 7 | The Moon orbits the Earth and is sufficiently close that we can see its disc with the unaided eye . |
| 8 | If you look back to the cel with the plane on it , you can see its background is cyan , which has also been designated transparent , but only for that actor . |
| 9 | when it was whole ( look , you can see its ribcage , |
| 10 | There 's a really big dog there because you can see its legs and we can see some human legs , or at least boots . |
| 11 | I try not to look , but you can see her boobies and that . |
| 12 | I can see her little gold necklace twinkling like a star round her neck . |
| 13 | And I can see her teeth … she 's laughing . ’ |
| 14 | You can see her jumper in this issue of MKM . |
| 15 | I can see her smile , |
| 16 | You can see her point . |
| 17 | I 've got to get Mrs Balanchine to the hospital so she can see her husband . ’ |
| 18 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of Highgate Hill ( or Highgate West Hill ) with the long dark hair blowing forwards over her shoulder will turn so that he can see her face ; and if so , whether the face will be the revelation that the long dark hair promises ; and what a face would have to be like to be the revelation that one always expects … |
| 19 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of the crossroads , with her face hidden by the long dark hair falling over her shoulders as she waits to cross the road , head turned to watch the oncoming traffic , will look straight ahead so that he can see her face : and if so , whether it will fulfil his hopes ; and whether the fulfilment of his hopes would in itself be a kind of disappointment . |
| 20 | I can see her point . ’ |
| 21 | I can see her fingertips twitch slightly , as if surprised to have encountered warm flesh and solid bone . |
| 22 | ‘ She 'll start off , ’ he said at the time , ‘ with an appealing look like this [ his eyes open wide and his jaw drops ] and you can see her thinking : ‘ No , I did that yesterday . |
| 23 | She can still , she can see her whole body in it . |
| 24 | Every noise I hear her , I can see her eyes going round . |
| 25 | You know the one where her top 's ripped open you can see her leg . |
| 26 | ‘ No , I can see yer all right — ’ |
| 27 | As a student about to graduate , I am saddened by the number of my colleagues who can see their future only in high-salaried financial management . |
| 28 | Indeed , you can see their wonder as they land from their cruise ships and are greeted with a scene from Olde Englande played out by Bermudians in 17th-century dress romping around the dinkily preserved streets . |
| 29 | The first is so that the people can see their elected representatives and can get a better understanding of the institution . |
| 30 | Some are so close that we can see their bright blue eyes . |