Example sentences of "but i can see " in BNC.

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1 The morning is grey and windy , but I can see all the way up the valley .
2 Someone laughs , but I can see from Peter 's face that he ai n't making a joke .
3 It 's a long way down to the water but I can see a fag packet bobbing along .
4 But I can see it .
5 We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance .
6 The entrance has been filled with stones , but I can see a sunken area inside making a small arena , in the centre of which there 's a red stone three feet high the shape of a cotton reel and , in a round black patch , evidence of a fire .
7 But I can see the potential of it .
8 But I can see me running faster than I have before . ’
9 ‘ I did not intend to give offence but I can see an end to this matter .
10 He could have had anything that money could buy to cure him , but I can see it 's too late now . ’
11 But I can see why .
12 But I can see he 's the worse for wear , the weathering the worker wreaks on himself .
13 If this music was used on Tibetan detainees , Amnesty would rightly ban it , but I can see , if not enjoy , its twitching , cataleptic power .
14 But I can see why the instigator of this new tax was reluctant to have higher bands .
15 I would have liked to have done better in the League this season , but I can see light at the end of the tunnel now .
16 But I can see that you are bewildered , and I know why .
17 it 's cold up here but I can see for miles
18 Superficially , I was coping , but I can see now that this period was a kind of moratorium .
19 At the time I ascribed my inability to an acute sense of boredom ( which , in part , it was ) , but I can see now that it was also a form of rebellion , this time an unconscious one .
20 I do n't know , but I can see he 's very good .
21 But I can see you on the Brains Trust . ’
22 But I can see we 're not going to agree .
23 But I can see that their motorboat has been damaged . ’
24 But I can see circumstances in which a patient is unwilling to have certain procedures carried out and says so under the impression that in any event the emergency which would bring those procedures into play will not happen .
25 But I can see how you might think you could gain an advantage — me having problems with the local police while you work out a way to come up smelling sweet .
26 It had never really occurred to me to put things in those terms but I can see what he meant and to an extent he was partly right .
27 But I can see you know I mean that in itself is a blockage to many people is n't it .
28 If you bought straight from him we would n't be paying money to the galleries , but I can see you 're frightened to go , I said , so there 's an end to it .
29 But I can see you are worried so I 'll get you a hospital appointment . ’
30 ‘ I do n't suppose it 'll ever happen , but I can see it so clearly .
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