Example sentences of "could [adv] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could only see how I had been , not how I was . |
| 2 | He excuses Boece 's historical inventions — on account of which his Latin History of Scotland and others have been long dismissed , and now have only curiosity value — by saying that Boece wrote in an age when all men , owing to lack of true knowledge , were credulous , and , dazzled with the light of discovery after such long dark ages , could not see distinctly . |
| 3 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 4 | For a moment he could not see clearly … and then he did ! |
| 5 | On the verandah of the plantation house Auguste Lepine heard the commotion in the compound but in the half-light could not see clearly enough to identify its cause . |
| 6 | Tallis could not see clearly but he seemed to be pushing something on to the staff , working it round until , with a crack , it slid into position . |
| 7 | Things became so bad for the Charles Bal later on in the evening that she had to spend the entire night tacking back and forth south east of Krakatoa , probably remaining within twenty kilometres of it — the ash-fall from the eruption was so thick that Captain Watson could not see well enough to steer away to safety , but ironically , the glare from the volcano provided a weird and somewhat improbable lighthouse . |
| 8 | I could not see well , my eyes had been dazzled , after the darkness , by the candle . |
| 9 | ‘ Why , here 's my mother home at last , ’ he said , and came smiling to meet her , putting forth the child by the hand to her , a little clumsily because he could not see well for the tears in his eyes . |
| 10 | It was very full although I could not see properly what was in it because he kept the opening away from me . |
| 11 | The wind was behind her now , blowing her hair forward , so that she could not see properly unless she pushed it to one side . |
| 12 | I do not see how I can answer the question as I could not see properly the document that the hon. Member was waving . |
| 13 | Sam could not see exactly what they were , but he knew that they would be lions with their heads between their paws . |
| 14 | I could not see exactly what was in them but it was more than curiosity . |
| 15 | I had no intention of answering a Parliamentary question on soggy ham sandwiches and I could not see why Government was involved in the commercial operation at all . |
| 16 | She quoted to me an odd and illuminating point , that if he wanted to take a bath when he was with friends , he could not see why they should not all be in the bath together , boys and girls , black and white . |
| 17 | Hall said that he could not see why the first and second prize-winners had been passed over , as a Gothic building would have nothing in common with the nearby Treasury Chambers and Whitehall . |
| 18 | He agreed with Coningham 's protest against Gothic : ‘ it is going back to the barbarism of the dark ages ’ , and he could not see why all the buildings in the area should be the same style , as the ‘ neighbourhood of Downing Street is full of buildings of totally different styles of architecture ’ . |
| 19 | The authority to issue cattle vouchers enhanced the power and status of a headman , but many of those assigned to this task could not see why they should take the trouble to inquire into the origins of the cattle concerned . |
| 20 | CIMA suggested that the proposals should be included in Cadbury 's code of best practice , while Coopers & Lybrand thought that a Stock Exchange requirement would not work and added that ‘ it could not see why the OFR could not in principle be a Financial Reporting Standard ’ . |
| 21 | He could not see why Anna did not find her dull . |
| 22 | As she commented angrily to friends later , she could not see why Charles needed these constant reminders of Camilla . |
| 23 | She could not see why her mother wanted her , nor what she expected her to do in Northam , and whenever she mentioned the subject to others they exclaimed in horror , commiserating with her , telling her that she must be firm , never for half a moment assuming that she could or would really do it . |
| 24 | They were the crowd whose heads you could not see over . |
| 25 | In fairness , the bank manager would concede , he could not see where the poor fellow could make another economy and continue to live a half-way acceptable life . |
| 26 | As Clare staggered , her arms dropped and her banner wrapped around her head : she could not see where she was going . |
| 27 | One advantage of the appalling route was that it offered no temptation to diverge from it — since I could not see where I was going anyway , the only thing to do was to follow the compass , and I had waded ditches as I came to them instead of attempting to find easier crossing places . |
| 28 | He could not see where Terry Place and his killing of William Egan , nor the idea that he might have been a poisoner , fitted into all this , perhaps nowhere , but his violence seemed to have a kind of a parallel in the Essex cases , which might illuminate his own problem . |
| 29 | The baby was wearing a pink frilly garment on its top half , and nothing at all , as far as she could see , on its bottom half , but she could not see very well . |
| 30 | Lucien could not see very far in front of himself because of the tablecloth over his face and was unaware of the bewildered and amused glances he received from passing house staff . |