Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't yet see how the city worked , but I began to find out . |
| 2 | I was sure that I 'd be safe from then when I finally emerged from the city on the far side — it was n't likely that rats would abe allowed too close to the Divine Sanctum — but I could n't yet see any sign of a far side . |
| 3 | It towered so far above me I could n't even see the top of it . |
| 4 | I flew too high , and then I was going higher , faster , I could n't stop , like a feather finding a vent I just shot up to the spindle , and there I stuck , dangling in zero-g I kicked and flailed , I was hopeless , I had no idea how to get away I had n't got anything I could throw I could n't even see straight anyway , my eyes were tearing The pollution was pretty bad up there , I started coughing , and then I could n't stop |
| 5 | The snake was still inside the leg , and I could n't even see it . |
| 6 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 7 | I could n't exactly see you two clicking . |
| 8 | I could n't really see what she was doing , but I did n't mind . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't really see us doing another ‘ Pills ‘ N ’ Thrills'-type thing , but then we 've always done exactly what we 've liked , always been a little bit different . |
| 10 | I could n't really see him , but I was suddenly frightened , I just knew he wanted to kiss me or something worse . |
| 11 | Sue showed me those pictures you sent , but they were so small and faraway and you were all wearing those funny oil-rig hats , I could n't really see you . |
| 12 | I could n't really see why he was n't given the chance this season ( apart from the last mins vs Swindon ) , |
| 13 | I could n't really see them losing three in a row . |
| 14 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
| 15 | With talk of sweetbreads and liver and fillet she captivated him — I could n't quite see how she did it . |
| 16 | Ah yeah well I could n't quite see . |
| 17 | He said well I could n't bloody see it I said no you did n't see it I said because you 've got to go to the counter for a ticket . |
| 18 | Although I could n't actually see Maté 's sneer , I felt it in the darkness . |
| 19 | I could n't always see so far ahead by moonlight and needed to consult the compass more often . |
| 20 | I could not even see as far as the mouth of the burn . |
| 21 | When I looked back I could no longer see the clearing . |
| 22 | Dusk deepened until I could no longer see ten yards ahead , and after I 'd knocked the shaft of the arrow against an unseen hazard twice within a minute I stopped and sank slowly down to my knees , resting my forehead and the front of my left shoulder against a young birch trunk , drained as I 'd never been before . |
| 23 | By the age of five I was given glasses which had no effect , serving only to restrict my field of vision , since I could only really see to read with one eye . |
| 24 | She told me , just as did you a moment ago , about being put to bed and the sprinkling of holy water — but I could still not see what all the fuss was about ! |
| 25 | I could still just see where someone had written : ‘ DEUTSCHLAND KAPUT ’ with his finger , but it had melted and the letters had grown tails like tadpoles . |
| 26 | I could so clearly see her coming between you and me , between us and our poetry , and I felt furiously jealous and unhappy but tried not to show it . |
| 27 | He sensed the growing tension in Mariana and felt her turn her head so that she could no longer see the wall of cloud less than half a mile to their left . |
| 28 | She could no longer see the Steep yet the feeling of the dark airless room she had left behind , the sound of her foster-parents breathing heavily in the close darkness , still seemed to hang about her and draw her back . |
| 29 | Ruth saw she could n't last long ; her face had a blind look , as if she could no longer see through the dazzling fire . |
| 30 | Soon she could no longer see anything clearly , nor could she make out what the beetles were saying . |