Example sentences of "could [adv] see [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had to stand in the pissing down rain , with the cockney scum , and whats more I could only see one goal , and not even the goal that we scored in . |
| 2 | He could only see one man at the back of the plane , refuelling it . |
| 3 | He could only see one ear , some damp hair . |
| 4 | But she could only see little Gabriels , wearing small red anoraks and sporting hair that stood on end no matter how she tried to brush it down . |
| 5 | You could already see those vipers sorting out the Ambre Solaire . |
| 6 | BELFAST could soon see annual profits of over £1m go up in smoke and become a dumping ground for waste from all over Europe , it was warned today . |
| 7 | He turned the newspaper over so that he could not see that headline and those paragraphs . |
| 8 | When Tony was seen in hospital by the therapist on the following morning he denied having wanted to kill himself , but claimed he was fed up and could not see any way out of his present difficulties . |
| 9 | First she could not see any mistress there at all and thought the girls were alone and then she caught sight of Mademoiselle 's head in the middle of a crowd of girls , what was happening ? |
| 10 | From the window she could not see any trees or houses , only wild land , which looked like a kind of purple sea . |
| 11 | It was found that although a four-week tutorial programme had been prepared , the children in the mainstream school were far more receptive and accepting of the situation and could not see any reason for delaying the child 's integration . |
| 12 | In the dark and freezing mist he could not see ten yards . |
| 13 | When she was at the premiere of The Delinquents she was wearing this designer dress and it was black and cut up one side , so that you could just see one leg ; it looked awful , Some people only wear things because they have a designer label . |
| 14 | And as a background she could still see those policemen going in and out of the house in Mouncy Street the day she had seen John Coffin sitting outside . |
| 15 | There had been a storm the previous day and she could still see white horses in the bay from where she was sitting by a south-facing window . |
| 16 | And always in my attic , in our bedroom , as kids , you could always see dried dock leaves and dried stinking nanny , for poultices , for abscesses and boils . |
| 17 | Central defenders Flowers and Partner could also see some action this evening . |
| 18 | Through the oculus Lexandro could now see crenellated parapets overhanging space , stained-glass galleries , battle banners springing from the tips of spires stiffly in the void , and the bristling snouts of defence lasers . |
| 19 | But when Jasmine was born they put Joan in a room by herself at the hospital so she could n't see other fathers cuddling their first-born as Bobby would have done . |
| 20 | Some of the things I could n't see included Loch Lyon to the east with Ben Lawers beyond , Ben More to the south , Ben Lui to the south-west and lovely Glen Orchy to the west leading to Ben Cruachan . |
| 21 | I could n't see many people ; most of the lights had been turned off , and we happened to be sitting in the patch of light thrown by one small lamp . |
| 22 | I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call . |
| 23 | But he could n't see that happening to Henry . |
| 24 | I could do with a cup of tea now I know that , oh I could n't see that signpost |
| 25 | The land around them did n't seem a lot different to the place they 'd left , except that the vegetation was lower and Masklin could n't see any water . |
| 26 | The companies found this a major block to their activities and eventually pulled out from the area : ‘ The companies never officially admitted that they were leaving , just sort of let their prospecting licences lapse … the reason they departed was because they could n't see any way that they could effectively operate with such total opposition . |
| 27 | Could n't see any sign of nervousness myself but er I 'm very happy with his sermons , quite good . |
| 28 | Preston glanced guiltily towards the rug by the fire but he could n't see any stains , not from here at least . |
| 29 | I could n't see any mums about the place . |
| 30 | But he could n't see any opening locally to take up farming on his own . |