Example sentences of "they could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they could see the broad glitter or Loch Tay , and in the foreground their destination , the gable or Kenmore church perched on its knoll at the loch-end . |
| 2 | Outside , shapes began to materialize — heads , implements — they wanted to recognize friends but they could see nothing but shawls , cloaks , silhouettes . |
| 3 | After the object ( a toy car ) had been put at B , the boxes were locked ; with the result that most of the infants went straight to B , could not get in , and returned to A and tried to gain entry to a box which they could see ( whatever ‘ see ’ means here exactly ) was empty . |
| 4 | They could see that the competitor 's pile of chocolate growing ever higher and that they were winning nothing , and yet they were powerless to do anything about it ! |
| 5 | When they disobeyed they were transformed into pillars of rock and placed where they could see each other but never meet . |
| 6 | ‘ They could see I was taking it easier on some of the sessions and they told me so . |
| 7 | I wish Marie and Annie was here so they could see it . |
| 8 | From the moment the lead vehicles broke cover , they could see the enemy headquarters , halted at the edge of a wood . |
| 9 | ‘ They could see it was distracting attention from their own priorities over contra demobilisation . |
| 10 | As for Labour , they liked SERPS mainly because it was state provision and they could see no reason to allow future governments the freedom to devote public spending to other areas . |
| 11 | They could see Caspar tearing across towards Mrs Wright 's orchard . |
| 12 | Those who were safely beached on the shore of prosperity had the option of giving the credit to Providence , or arrogating it to themselves ; as they regarded those less fortunate ones who were struggling in the water , they could see them as victims of their own improvidence or of God 's ineluctable decree . |
| 13 | They could see his legs , kicking . |
| 14 | Ahead of them , they could see the Big Wheel turning against a sky streaked with red and grey . |
| 15 | ‘ They could see we knew all about mass appeal . ’ |
| 16 | They could see that there was no satisfying the Catholics . |
| 17 | As one rather disillusioned Protestant Unionist put it : ‘ they were a party who believed in their God given right to rule this country ’ and they were not about to give up that right , especially as they could see signs of regaining control of their own party . |
| 18 | When puppies for research were raised in isolation in laboratory , it was noticed that the ill-effects of such rearing could be somewhat offset by cutting a window into the side of their box so that they could see out into the busy laboratory . |
| 19 | As far as they could see , the walls were plain white , with evenly spaced-out black doors . |
| 20 | They could see now that the front was concave . |
| 21 | Yes , the children were well , as they could see . |
| 22 | What would they all think if they could see her now ? |
| 23 | They could see I loved it . |
| 24 | They could see that he was genuinely moved and excited by his insane idea . |
| 25 | There were only about half a dozen of them , and they could see clearly that they were wizened and wrinkled and , quite plainly , not worth gathering |
| 26 | They could see that providing specialist support for bureaux was a sure way of improving standards of generalist advice work but did not think that NACAB should develop these services further . |
| 27 | With the certainty of the newly converted , they could see only that Pantisocracy offered an escape from their increasingly unsatisfactory and unhappy lives , and from a country whose politics they deplored . |
| 28 | Off they went to the corner of the street to see if they could see anything . |
| 29 | A. T. With the strike having taken place , everyone was jockeying , everyone that had sat for Sergeant and passed their exams , the only way they could see to get promotion was to report another man . |
| 30 | Their relatives were overjoyed that they could see them on stage when they returned to their home town in the summer for a couple of weeks at the prestigious new Palace of Varieties . |