Example sentences of "could see the [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Up the road , she could see the village shop , a child emerging with ice cream . |
| 6 | He could see the clock tower . |
| 7 | ‘ The salesmen could see the oxygen cylinder in the hall . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He could see the tail light of the oil train stopped ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He could see the stocking factory , though , or at least the shell of it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Through gaps in the forest canopy high overhead , he could see the night sky was tinted crimson , telling him Bethlehem House was still burning . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Daisy Pettigrew changed her reading for her long distance glasses , so that she could see the vicarage garden more clearly . |
| 18 | Looking around I could see the duty Officer approaching from the direction of the farm . |
| 19 | Ahead I could see the Bomb Circle , where I would stop or turn . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Y could see the enemy Cessna at the first turnoff . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Further down the coast you could see the dock tower , tall and elegant , rising out of the squat warehouse buildings around it . |
| 24 | His voice was still the same , although she could see the silver ball in his throat where it was generated . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | WHEN parts of Hampton Court were damaged in a fire two years ago , few could see the silver lining . |
| 28 | I could see the railway line , the road , Bridge of Orchy , and practically read the tax disc on my car . |
| 29 | The train rumbled nearer , Ian was still jigging about on the parapet , he could see the smoke box lamp flickering , then as the train was almost on the bridge the smoke enveloped the structure as Ian was doing his Highland jig ; he suddenly lost his balance and fell down onto the smoke box frame , the force of the fall did its lethal work and killed Ian Watson . |
| 30 | When Talbot returned to the bridge he could see the marker buoy just astern , bobbing gently in the very small wake Van Gelder was creating as he edged the Ariadne gently to the north-west . |