Example sentences of "could see [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could see partly into the little room at the end of the main tunnel . |
| 2 | We were then on the coast path , near an old abandoned aerodrome and could see ahead in the distance Wooltack Point near a cluster of islands . |
| 3 | and there was a hole er on the floor over there with a grating on it that was you could see through to the ground . |
| 4 | Across the Bristol Channel we could see over to the cliffs of North Devon , while off to the west Carmarthen Bay and the Pembrokeshire coast stretched out into the distance . |
| 5 | Besides , from this path we could see right across the meadows to a clutch of villages nestling beneath the highest point on the Gower , the rounded silhouette of Rhosili Down ( 632ft ) . |
| 6 | And I could see right across the fields and right across the Menai Straits onto Beaumarais . |
| 7 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 8 | From the top you could see right over the seaside resort out into the countryside beyond . |
| 9 | From its leafy canopy he could see right over the gardens and the wilderness of the lower grounds to the rows of cobbled streets on the far side of the beck wall . |
| 10 | As though he could see right into the deepest bits of her . |
| 11 | I knocked on it but it was so dilapidated that I could see right through the door frame and into a large room where a man was sitting in a kitchen chair , dressed in trousers and vest . |
| 12 | Jessamyn could see right through the hole in the dead man . |
| 13 | The whole world fell away beneath us as we soared upwards , and leaning back and enjoying it I watched the little valley unfold along its twisting length until I could see away into the main Dale with the great hills billowing round and white into the dark clouds . |
| 14 | His eyes were still fixed on her , but she knew he could see little in the dark corner . |
| 15 | And you could see just from the body-language that she felt the policemen 's warning was unjustified . |
| 16 | And you could see just from the body-language that she felt the policemen 's warning was unjustified . |
| 17 | There was no key in the lock , so he could see in through the big old-fashioned key-hole . |
| 18 | Cawthorne was leaning over the machine , blocking my view of anything else inside the bunker , and I slid around to check whether I could see in through the slits . |
| 19 | After a while I could see dimly by the light filtering through the sacking hung over the two narrow slits which are the Bunker 's only windows . |
| 20 | I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched . |
| 21 | With my head turned sideways I could see out of the window and through the house to Willesden Sports Centre where a Sunday league football team was working out . |
| 22 | Because he had not bothered to draw the curtains there was a trembling mosaic of light on the ceiling reflected from the water outside and , by sitting up in bed , he could see out of the window across the harbour to Flushing . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The window was barred although it was possible to reach through and open the casement He preferred to sit there because in better weather he could see out into the Inner Ward and the White Tower . |
| 25 | She came to a point where she could see far over the town , she had instinctively gone up following the fleeing daylight , and the mist over there under a sky that was greyish and purplish and darkening again , became apparent because it was being lit up from those distant buildings and streets , the points of light vibrating through the moisture . |
| 26 | From here I found , as I had hoped , that I could see down to the shore at the point where Neil had told me he wanted to work . |