Example sentences of "he [modal v] see the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From his side of the table he could see the self-service counter . |
| 2 | He could see the grassy wilderness forming a high bank beyond the old bulging stone wall that held back the encroaching hillside . |
| 3 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |
| 4 | The full-back appeared in Aberdeen 's penalty area and determination carried him into a spot where he could see the right-hand corner of Snelders 's goal , sending the ball there with all the assurance that had characterised Clydebank 's return from the brink . |
| 5 | He could see the savage glower on the face of the Ministry policeman some 50 yards ahead of him . |
| 6 | He could see the Imperial banner fluttering on the nearby hilltop . |
| 7 | To his right the ground rose gently towards the southern cliffs and he could see the dark mouth of a concrete pillbox , undemolished since the war , and as seemingly indestructible as the great hulks of wave-battered concrete , remnants of the old fortifications which lay half-submerged in the sand along part of the beach . |
| 8 | In blurred outline through the fine mesh of his muslin mosquito net he could see the dark shape of the Annamese peasant girl stretched naked on his bed . |
| 9 | He could see the dark bank of clouds , feel the rising wind . |
| 10 | He could see the stuffy front room and the hideous green plant . |
| 11 | At the edge of his flashlight beam he could see the dampened flowers , flattened now by the steady fall of rain . |
| 12 | He could see the indulgent amusement on the faces of his friends , the pleasure of his enemies , the child lurching , sticky-fingered , about the flat . |
| 13 | Through his window he could see the flickering light of flames . |
| 14 | The door of the Captain 's cabin was open and he could see the bearded hijacker sitting inside . |
| 15 | It was ajar and he could see the young woman busying herself with chores before reopening the shop for the afternoon trade . |
| 16 | He could see the young PC and the nurse through the inadequate screens . |
| 17 | From where they were standing there was no way he could see the hat-and-coat fitment , yet he knew , and had taken a full inventory of its contents . |
| 18 | From the meadow edge , he could see the rear windows of the cabin . |
| 19 | From here he could see the crowded harbour quarter , the rooftops so close together that they welded in the heat haze into one whole . |
| 20 | ‘ You said it ’ , slammed back Wimbush , ‘ and I bet he 'd puke if he could see the hollow tribute you 've paid him . ’ |
| 21 | As she leaned forward to twitch another grape from the bunch and almost toss it into her mouth he could see the faint freckles which smudged the dark forehead , the glisten of hairs above a carved upper lip . |
| 22 | Through the mist he could see the vague outlines of the priory church and followed its outline round to the ruined oak stump where Lady Eleanor had received her mysterious messages . |
| 23 | To his left wing he could see the great blackness of the Park , lit only occasionally by murky yellow lights . |
| 24 | It was no more than three hundred yards distant , and he could see the great flattened scimitars of its horns swaying above the grass as it advanced , scenting the breeze at every step . |
| 25 | He could see the small movement of the muscles at the top of her legs . |
| 26 | He could see the small figure pulling bank-notes out of his pocket , trying to explain why he wanted his machinery returned . |
| 27 | The friar leaned closer until he could see the small red veins in the knight 's eyes and the grey , dusty pallor of his cheeks . |
| 28 | He gripped Gilbert 's chin and forced it up so that he could see the blue-white flickering of Darkfall lightning beyond the broken windows . |
| 29 | When he looked up , the tapering masses drawing his eyes aloft even in the dark , he could see the tall tower prolonging its leaping tension towards the stars . |
| 30 | Even from this distance he could see the vast , pitted sprawl of landing pads , twenty li in diameter , its southernmost edge opening out on to Hsuan Wu lake , the curve of the ancient Yangtze forming a natural barrier to the north-east , like a giant moat two li in width . |