Example sentences of "could [adv] see [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could only see through the windows |
| 2 | He could already see over the rue Victorie at the front and over his father 's garden at the back . |
| 3 | I sneaked a look at face , although I could scarcely see through the veiled curtain which had so mysteriously woven its way around my eyes . |
| 4 | He could scarcely see for the blur of tears behind his spectacles , but he bent to investigate a glint of metal among the dust . |
| 5 | For , of course , you could not see to the foot of the hill , let alone seven counties , under the stars . |
| 6 | Down at Lucifer 's feet , in front of the stage , a girl with long , black hair stood on tip-toe but still could not see over the heads of the crowd . |
| 7 | How fortunate for the denizens of The Daily Herald , then , that they could not see into the future — even the immediate future ! |
| 8 | She was short-sighted a could not see into the auditorium . |
| 9 | Dazzled by the evening sun the people in the garden could not see into the sitting room and had no idea who Rain 's visitor was until Wickham joined them . |
| 10 | I sank down further until I could just see over the seat in front . |
| 11 | Hiding near the door , I could just see into the kitchen through a small uncurtained window . |
| 12 | She could just see by the light of the wrought-iron lamps that he was wearing a shirt with frilled sleeves , and that his hair fell about his face . |
| 13 | She noticed he was n't peering , eyes wrinkled , as she had — just gazing , as if he could easily see through the dense Undersea drift . |
| 14 | At the top of a wave she could easily see across the Longstone rock to the other side . |
| 15 | After half a mile he decided to turn off the embankment and walk up the side of the next field and along the path at the top of it , following the horses whom he could still see in the distance . |
| 16 | ‘ You could n't see into the office from the kitchen ? ’ |
| 17 | The worst thing was having to climb that damned ladder to the roof of Flying Control in a howling gale and lashing rain , to see how far I could n't see across the air field and to estimate the strength of the wind which was doing its best to dislodge my desperate hold on the railing . |
| 18 | I took you both in and , you could n't see across the room ! |
| 19 | For a moment he could n't see through the train of bubbles left by the spear , which hit the fish dead centre and an inch behind the jaw hinge . |
| 20 | It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside . |
| 21 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 22 | She could n't see to the bottom of the scree slope . |
| 23 | He could n't see round the next bend , he must record , tapes were periscopes , his only chance , and the slow ink stolen and the wheels turning , and everything remembered , everything proved , he was whispering now , ‘ Why five , ’ he was whispering , ‘ is n't one enough ? ’ and a voice came back , a woman 's , Sharon 's , ‘ One what ? ’ |