Example sentences of "could [adv] see [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't mention him , if he could only see us now ! |
| 2 | I could not see him well ; he was mainly hidden behind trees , and motionless . |
| 3 | And how dared the man standing between herself and the light so that she could not see him clearly speak so harshly of what she had done ? |
| 4 | When he got back , Lucie was not in the barn ; he could not see him anywhere . |
| 5 | There were some old pictures on the walls , but they were covered with dust and dirt and he could not see them clearly . |
| 6 | But the raison déacute ; etre behind this concession was not so that the bowlers could swing the ball more : it was to prevent one ball becoming so discoloured that the batsman could not see it easily under the light of day-night games ! |
| 7 | Grace could not see it very well , because of the rain and the sea . |
| 8 | He could still see her quite clearly , the outline of her legs , the soft rise and fall of her breasts with her gentle breathing , the way she looked at him , like a rabbit with a rattlesnake , half afraid and yet too fascinated to run . |
| 9 | We could always see them again and |
| 10 | The Germans could probably see us now and had the jeep as a target . |
| 11 | Tess could now see him clearly . |
| 12 | Mrs Dempster had dusted and washed the picture , and Moore could now see it quite clearly . |
| 13 | You could n't see them right if you were a few yards from them , but just the figures moving you know , and their arms going backwards and fore cleaning the windows . |
| 14 | I could n't see them either . |
| 15 | I know , but I could n't see them though . |
| 16 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 18 | Could n't see her there . |
| 19 | I said , well I could n't see her very well . |
| 20 | He must have been lurking in the church hall , though I could n't see him properly in that dark corner . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't see him properly , not in the dark , but it was him all right . |
| 22 | She was glad she could n't see him properly ; the face that undoubtedly matched these horribly sarcastic comments would be bound to make her feel worse than she already did . |
| 23 | Because of Steve standing in front of him Ruth could n't see him properly . |
| 24 | When he himself entered it he could n't see him ahead or on either side , although in most places the bracken and undergrowth was flat . |
| 25 | ‘ I could n't see him well enough . ’ |
| 26 | She could n't see him too clearly , but it was Adam , was n't it ? |
| 27 | It was so crowded they had to unlace the side-flaps of the enormous tent and raise them up so that people could sit outside the tent , down the sides , and though we could n't see him very well , we heard him . |
| 28 | He was in the shadow , I could n't see him very well . |
| 29 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 30 | I think it was when he come back , I did n't wait , I just could n't see I just see , you know . |