Example sentences of "we could see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 2 | On the outermost point of the peninsula we could see straight over to Midland Isle and just beyond that to Skomer Island . |
| 3 | We could see right out to Ramsey Island and the deadly line of rocks known as The Bitches . |
| 4 | We could see Garbo kissing her father in a most peculiar way , and Ava Gardner seducing her brother , Clark Gable , in Mogambo . |
| 5 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We could see Japanese interest , ’ said Mr Stephen Doe , of brokers Smith New Court . |
| 7 | ‘ We could see Japanese interest , ’ said Mr Stephen Doe , of brokers Smith New Court . |
| 8 | We could see that the health of the person is directly tied in with the health of the planet . ’ |
| 9 | We could see all your bloomers , ’ he said accusingly . |
| 10 | We could see it was n't gold , mind you , but it was quite a thing , all the same . |
| 11 | We could see Jane Russell again at the Empire , or walk up to the Arcadian to see Sanders of the River . |
| 12 | Looking back , we could see the orchestra and everyone swaying and whirling round , and the room lights glittering . |
| 13 | ‘ Is n't it lucky I dropped all the paint , because now you can see where the trail starts , because we did n't paint any trees once we could see the road . ’ |
| 14 | WP Do you think we could see a reversion to the kind of right-wing authoritarianism which characterised Hungary between the wars ? |
| 15 | Then , as we drove down the steep little hill we could see the sea glinting , for the coast at Frejus was about 12 miles distant . |
| 16 | We could see the green patches marking the old shieling sites where the incidental presence of humans and cattle over the generations had permanently fertilised the soil . |
| 17 | ‘ There 's a section for Women 's Art and Industries , or we could see Royle 's Self-Pouring Teapot . |
| 18 | Just half a mile away , we could see the rampart of sand , 20 feet high , behind which the Palestinians lay waiting , unwilling participants in a ceasefire which Arafat himself had already declared sacrosanct . |
| 19 | We could see the entrance to the great square at the end of the street . |
| 20 | And now , you see , the thing was that we could see Boy walking into our bar , pausing in the doorway , and we could just say the line and laugh . |
| 21 | I want you to note that I am not singing just ‘ Take my back , because it is my best feature ’ ( in the mirror we could see her beautiful strong back in the low cut of the dress , and of course we could see ourselves too ) . |
| 22 | I want you to note that I am not singing just ‘ Take my back , because it is my best feature ’ ( in the mirror we could see her beautiful strong back in the low cut of the dress , and of course we could see ourselves too ) . |
| 23 | But here we could see for ourselves how timber-framed partition walls , filled in with brickwork , were used on the upper storeys over the larger rooms to ensure no weight pressed on their ceilings ; and how joiners had constructed the mahogany bookcases in the library . |
| 24 | Ahead of us we could see our ridge , standing clear of the cloud , brushed purple in the strange early light . |
| 25 | But up there we could see an even nicer spot a few hundred feet above , so we scrambled up it . |
| 26 | The greatest pity was that the top was clear enough for a view and as we were perched at the broad gable end of the mountain we could see some fabulous sights . |
| 27 | For all we knew it could have been 12 feet , since the weather was so bad at the top we could see no further than someone wearing a ski anorak and wellingtons sitting beside us . |
| 28 | We could see fish , far below , nibbling our bait ; and one morning I caught a tiny , incredibly beautiful , angle-shaped fish . |
| 29 | We could see it . |
| 30 | Mounds of dirt , rock and sand — little hills engulfed by dunes — blocked our view so that we could see no more than half a mile in any direction . |