Example sentences of "could see the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Piggott could see the vegetable garden from his vantage point in the churchyard .
2 I could see the mood Dad was in and all I wanted to do was to make myself scarce before they started to quarrel .
3 We could see the army post now and the shuffling sentries and a few jeeps passing in and out of the gate .
4 She could see the Moebius Strip .
5 But they had one in the corner you see and I could see the back leg was gone said to Margaret an said I might as well do something of that , you know , to do up it 's the only one that they had there that wanted really wanted repairing , so the feller said ooh I do n't know he said hang on , I 'll look in the book .
6 From where she sat she could see the Molesworth house .
7 From one of its windows , I could see the Frankenstein gate .
8 Up the road , she could see the village shop , a child emerging with ice cream .
9 He could see the clock tower .
10 ‘ The salesmen could see the oxygen cylinder in the hall .
11 Beyond him she could see the afternoon DJ in his studio , a couple more strides and another set of double-glazing further on , hunched over his microphone like a harassed co-pilot .
12 He could see the tail light of the oil train stopped !
13 So the cameraman , looking through his viewfinder , could see the caption slide through the glass plate , plus sufficient reflection of the action going on over at the black drape set .
14 Far below he could see the lacework shadow of the Forth bridge on the glittering estuary and the long dark lines of the cruisers Edinburgh , Southampton , and further out , the destroyer Mohawk , under way for Rosyth after convoy duty .
15 He could see the stocking factory , though , or at least the shell of it .
16 Looking over the oak rails , I could see the gallery floor and , further below , the ground-floor area , the spectacular chimney continuing upward and out of sight above the sloping-beamed ceiling .
17 Through gaps in the forest canopy high overhead , he could see the night sky was tinted crimson , telling him Bethlehem House was still burning .
18 However , each time we called she would n't answer the door although we could see the curtain move so we knew she was at home .
19 But , you see , you could see the extractor fan , so I said to him look , I asked you , he said , oh I thought you sa , I said , no , I said to you I do n't like seeing that extractor fan you
20 Daisy Pettigrew changed her reading for her long distance glasses , so that she could see the vicarage garden more clearly .
21 Looking around I could see the duty Officer approaching from the direction of the farm .
22 Ahead I could see the Bomb Circle , where I would stop or turn .
23 Far away , between the two copses , he could see the cherry tree where two days before he had sat with Blackberry and Fiver in the sunrise .
24 Y could see the enemy Cessna at the first turnoff .
25 Trees cut her view for part of the way and when she could see the street door leading to her flat she noticed a man dawdling by , looking up and down the pavement and then strolling back the way he had come .
26 Further down the coast you could see the dock tower , tall and elegant , rising out of the squat warehouse buildings around it .
27 His voice was still the same , although she could see the silver ball in his throat where it was generated .
28 She managed to make a half turn so that she could see the silver door , because perhaps she could reach out and reach over and grasp the elaborate handle and somehow pull herself out .
29 A small shield bearing the Presidential arms was stencilled on the vehicle 's front door and Trent could see the silver pennant staff on the bonnet .
30 WHEN parts of Hampton Court were damaged in a fire two years ago , few could see the silver lining .
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